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Cambridge University Press Empires Perspectives from Archaeology and History
Book SynopsisEmpires, the largest political systems of the ancient and early modern world, powerfully transformed the lives of people within and even beyond their frontiers in ways quite different from other, non-imperial societies. Appearing in all parts of the globe, and in many different epochs, empires invite comparative analysis - yet few attempts have been made to place imperial systems within such a framework. This book brings together studies by distinguished scholars from diverse academic traditions, including anthropology, archaeology, history and classics. The empires discussed include case studies from Central and South America, the Mediterranean, Europe, the Near East, South East Asia and China, and range in time from the first millennium BC to the early modern era. The book organises these detailed studies into five thematic sections: sources, approaches and definitions; empires in a wider world; imperial integration and imperial subjects; imperial ideologies; and the afterlife of empTable of ContentsPreface Carla M. Sinopoli and Terence N. D'Altroy; Part I. Sources, Approaches, Definitions Kathleen D. Morrison: 1. The shadow empires: imperial state formation along the Chinese-Nomad frontier Thomas J. Barfield; 2. Written on water: designs and dynamics in the Portuguese Estado de India Sanjay Subrahmanyam; 3. The Wari empire of Middle Horizon Peru: the epistemological challenge of documenting an empire without documentary evidence Katharina Schreiber; 4. The Achaemenid Persian empire (c. 550–c. 330 BCE): continuities, adaptations, transformations Amelie Kuhrt; Part II. Empires in a Wider World Terence N. D'Altroy: 5. The Aztec Empire and the Meso-American world system Michael E. Smith; 6. On the edge of empire: form and substance in the Satavahana dynasty Carla M. Sinopoli; 7. Dynamics of imperial adjustment in Spanish America: ideology and social integration Kathleen Deagan; Part III. Imperial Integration and Imperial Subjects Carla M. Sinopoli: 8. Politics, resources, and blood in the Inka Empire Terence N. D'Altroy; 9. Egypt and Nubia Robert Morkot; 10. Coercion, resistance, and hierarchy: local processes and imperial strategies in the Vijayanagara Empire Kathleen D. Morrison; Part IV. Imperial Ideologies Susan E. Alcock and Kathleen D. Morrison: 11. Aztec hearts and minds: religion and the state in the Aztec empire Elizabeth M. Brumfiel; 12. Inventing empire in ancient Rome Greg Woolf; 13. The reconfiguration of memory in the eastern Roman empire Susan E. Alcock; 14. Cosmos, central authority, and communities in the early Chinese empire Robin Yates; Part V. The Afterlife of Empires Susan E. Alcock: 15. The fall of the Assyrian empire: ancient and modern interpretations Mario Liverani; 16. The Carolingian empire: Rome reborn? John Moreland; 17. Cuzco, another Rome? Sabine MacCormack.
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Cambridge University Press Gambling in America
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Cambridge University Press Language and the Declining World in Chaucer Dante and Jean de Meun
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Cambridge University Press Gandhi as Disciple and Mentor
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Cambridge University Press Shakespeare and Childhood
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Cambridge University Press Communism and the Emergence of Democracy
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Cambridge University Press Commercialization and Agricultural Development
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Cambridge University Press Finance Capitalism and Germanys Rise to Industrial Power
Book SynopsisThis book uses theoretically motivated econometric analysis to understand the structure, performance, and influence of universal banks and securities markets on industrial firms during industrialisation. The findings show that securities markets can thrive within a civil-law, universal-bank system and suggest that financial system complexity can favour rapid industrial expansion.Trade ReviewBlending archival research with sophisticated econometrics, Fohlin provides a finely tuned view of universal banking. The book sheds new light on the links between financial structures and economic development while at the same time making a refined contribution to the debate on the varieties of capitalism. It is recommended reading not only for economic historians but for economists and political scientists as well. -- Gianni Toniolo, Università di Roma Tor Vergata and Duke UniversityThe role of so-called universal banks as a driving force in German industrialization, 1850-1914, has long been a staple of economic history. Fohlin challenges this conventional wisdom by showing that Germany's vibrant stock markets complemented universal banks in providing finance to numerous firms. Bank dominance of company finance and the atrophy of German stock markets, she demonstrates, arose in the twentieth century rather than being, as we once were taught, a distinct 'German path' to industrialization before 1914. -- Richard Sylla, New York UniversityThis book is an important contribution to the debate on the advantages and disadvantages of different types of financial systems. By looking at the German economy at the end of the nineteenth and beginning of the twentieth century, Professor Fohlin focuses on a period where it is widely believed that the German economy was successful. She is able to consider in a more detached way how much of this success is due to the structure of the financial system. The book's strength is based on Professor Fohlin's ability to use her knowledge of financial economics and history to analyze the issues. Her conclusion that most of the mechanisms of universal and relationship banking were adopted only late in the industrialization process and that they had little discernible effect on firms' performance is an important contribution. -- Franklin Allen, Wharton School, University of PennsylvaniaAn impressive piece of work! Relying on extensive data collection and encompassing empirical analysis, Caroline Fohlin provides us with a new understanding of the role of banks in late-nineteenth-century Germany. The myth of relationship banking as the mainspring of Germany's rise to industrial power is thoroughly debunked bank influence emerged after industrialization was well under way, and was much less pervasive than the myth would have it. Contrary to another one of these myths, Fohlin also shows that banks and markets need not be opposites. In pre-1913 Germany, the stock market was a source of power to banks and flourished nonetheless. The reality of financial systems is richer than the myths. -- Martin Hellwig, Max Planck InstituteTable of Contents1. Introduction; 2. The development of the German corporate finance system until 1913; 3. Theoretical perspectives on banking and financial system structure; 4. The development and impact of universal banking; 5. Corporate governance relationships: patterns and explanations; 6. Firm financing and performance; 7. Securities markets; 8. Upheaval and recovery; 9. Conclusion.
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Cambridge University Press Financial Markets and European Monetary Cooperation
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Cambridge University Press Kant A Biography
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Cambridge University Press Red Capitalists in China The Party Private Entrepreneurs and Prospects for Political Change Cambridge Modern China Series
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Cambridge University Press Chinas Use of Military Force Beyond the Great Wall and the Long March
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Cambridge University Press ReImagining Rwanda Conflict Survival and Disinformation in the Late Twentieth Century 102 African Studies Series Number 102
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Cambridge University Press European Conquest Rights Indigenous The Moral Backwardness of International Society 92 Cambridge Studies in International Relations Series Number 92
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Cambridge University Press Political Topographies of the African State Territorial Authority and Institutional Choice Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics
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Cambridge University Press The Eu NATO and the Integration of Europe
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Cambridge University Press Term Limits and the Dismantling of State Legislative Professionalism
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Cambridge University Press The East in the West
Book SynopsisJack Goody challenges Eurocentric assumptions about the backwardness of cultural and intellectual development in Asia. His wide-ranging and provocative book presents a more balanced approach to Eastern and Western history and society.Trade Review'The East in the West represents a valuable contribution to a debate which has become increasingly pressing.' David Washbrook, Economic History ReviewTable of ContentsIntroduction: the West's problem with the East; 1. Rationality in review; 2. Rationality and ragioneria: The Keeping of Books and the Economic Miracle; 3. Indian trade and Economy in the Medieval and Early Colonial Periods; 4. The Growth of Indian Commerce and Industry; 5. Family and business in the East; 6. From collective to individual? The historiography of the family in the West; 7. Labour, Production and Communication; 8. Revaluations.
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Cambridge University Press Footloose Labour Working in Indias Informal Economy 2 Contemporary South Asia Series Number 2
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Cambridge University Press Advice and Consent
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Cambridge University Press Reshaping National Intelligence for an Age of Information Rand Studies in Policy Analysis
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Cambridge University Press Regularity in Semantic Change 96 Cambridge Studies in Linguistics Series Number 97
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Cambridge University Press Countervailing Forces in AfricanAmerican Civic Activism 19731994
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Cambridge University Press Beyond the Miracle of the Market
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Cambridge University Press No Other Way Out
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Cambridge University Press Priests Witches and Power Popular Christianity after Mission in Southern Tanzania 112 Cambridge Studies in Social and Cultural Anthropology Series Number 112
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Cambridge University Press No Other Way Out
Book SynopsisNo Other Way Out provides a powerful explanation for the emergence of popular revolutionary movements during the Cold War era. By comparing more than a dozen countries in Southeast Asia, Central America, and Eastern Europe, Goodwin shows how revolutionaries were able to create opportunities for seizing state power.Trade Review'Jeff Goodwin's No Other Way Out is an outstanding contribution to the sociology of revolutions. It goes beyond the work of his mentor, Theda Skocpol, and will have a profound impact on the literature for years to come.' Misagh Parsa, Dartmouth College (Electronic newsletter of the ECPR-SG on Extremism and Democracy)Table of ContentsFigures, tables and maps; Abbreviations and acronyms; Preface and acknowledgments; Part I. Introduction: 1. Comparing revolutionary movements; 2. The state-centered perspective on revolutions: strengths and limitations; Part II. Southeast Asia: Chronology for Southeast Asia; 3. The formation of revolutionary movements in Southeast Asia; 4. The only domino: the Vietnamese revolution in comparative perspective; Part III. Central America: Chronology for Central America; 5. The formation of revolutionary movements in Central America; 6. Not-so-inevitable revolutions: the political trajectory of revolutionary movements in Central America; Part IV. Further Comparisons and Theoretical Elaborations: 7. Between success and failure: persistent insurgencies; Chronology for Eastern Europe; 8. 'Refolution' and rebellion in Eastern Europe, 1989; 9. Conclusion: generalizations and prognostication; Annotated bibliography; Index.
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Cambridge University Press Novalis Fichte Studies Cambridge Texts in the History of Philosophy
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Cambridge University Press The Two Koreas and the Great Powers
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