The Headless State: Aristocratic Orders, Kinship Society, & Misrepresentations of Nomadic Inner Asia by David Sneath

The Headless State: Aristocratic Orders, Kinship Society, & Misrepresentations of Nomadic Inner Asia

David Sneath

273 pages first pub 2007 (editions)

nonfiction history informative slow-paced
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In this groundbreaking work, social anthropologist David Sneath aggressively dispels the myths surrounding the history of steppe societies and proposes a new understanding of the nature and formation of the state. Since the colonial era, represent...

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