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Imperial Matter: Ancient Persia and the Archaeology of Empires
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2016
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University of California Press
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What is the role of the material world in shaping the tensions and paradoxes of imperial sovereignty? Scholars have long shed light on the complex processes of conquest, extraction, and colonialism under imperial rule. But imperialism has usually been cast as an exclusively human drama, one in which the world of matter does not play an active role. Lori Khatchadourian argues instead that things—from everyday objects to monumental buildings—profoundly shape social and political life under empire. Out of the archaeology of ancient Persia and the South Caucasus, Imperial Matter advances powerful new analytical approaches to the study of imperialism writ large and should be read by scholars working on empire across the humanities and social sciences.
What is the role of the material world in shaping the tensions and paradoxes of imperial sovereignty? Scholars have long shed light on the complex processes of conquest, extraction, and colonialism under imperial rule. But imperialism has usually been cast as an exclusively human drama, one in which the world of matter does not play an active role. Lori Khatchadourian argues instead that things—from everyday objects to monumental buildings—profoundly shape social and political life under empire. Out of the archaeology of ancient Persia and the South Caucasus, Imperial Matter advances powerful new analytical approaches to the study of imperialism writ large and should be read by scholars working on empire across the humanities and social sciences.
Table of Contents
Cover
Title
Acknowledgment
pp. ii
Title
pp. iii
Copyright
pp. iv
Dedication
Contents
pp. vii
List of Illustrations
pp. ix-xi
Preface
pp. xiii-xvii
Introduction
pp. xix-xxxviii
PART ONE
1. The Satrapal Condition
2. Where Things Stand
pp. 25-50
3. Imperial Matter
pp. 51-77
PART TWO
4. From Captives to Delegates
pp. 81-117
5. Delegates and Proxies in the Dahyu of Armenia
pp. 118-152
6. Going Underground: Affiliates, Proxies, and Delegates at Tsaghkahovit
pp. 153-193
Conclusion
pp. 194-204
Notes
pp. 205-230
References Cited
pp. 231-275
002
Index
pp. 277-288
Back Cover
| ISBN | 9780520964952 |
|---|---|
| Related ISBN(s) | 9780520290525 |
| DOI | 10.1353/book.63429 |
| MARC Record | Download |
| OCLC | 1085393492 |
| Pages | 332 |
| Launched on MUSE | 2019-02-13 |
| Language | English |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Creative Commons | CC-BY |
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