State Formations : Global Histories and Cultures of Statehood (Paperback)

Introduction: approaches to state formations John L. Brooke and Julia C. Strauss; Part I. Definitions: 1. On the person of the state Quentin Skinner; 2. The state as a social relation Bob Jessop; 3. Was there any such thing as a non-modern state? Greg Anderson; Part II. Foundings: 4. Comparative perspectives and early states revisited Rita P. Wright; 5. (Re) introducing the state on the medieval Swahili Coast Chapurukha M. Kusimba; 6. Renaissance states of mind Michael Martoccio; 7. Bringing the sark?r back in: translating patrimonialism and the state in early modern and early colonial India Nicholas J. Abbott; 8. Revolutionary state formation: the origins of the strong American state William J. Novak and Steven Pincus; 9. The founding of non-democratic states Richard Bensel; Part III. Agendas: 10. Empire as state: the Roman case Clifford Ando; 11. Weights and measures and state formation: the view from the early American republic Stephen Mihm; 12. Mapping power: the shape of the state in the post-Civil War American South Greg P. Downs; 13. To bee or not to bee: the co-production of modern science and the modern state John F. M. Clark; 14. Taxes and the two faces of the state since the eighteenth century Yannis D. Kotsonis; 15. Regimes and repertoires of statebuilding: the two Chinas and regime consolidation in the early 1950s Julia C. Strauss; Part IV. Memberships: 16. The Mesopotamian citizen conceptualized: affect, speech and perception Seth Richardson; 17. Military mobilization and the experience of living with the Ming state Michael Szonyi; 18. Ethnicity and power in early modern Europe and Asia Victor Lieberman; 19. Patriliny and modern states in the Middle East Diane King; 20. Social service, convivialismo, and hegemony in Colombia Rebecca Tally; 21. Indian affirmative action and the postcolonial state Anupama Rao; Conclusion: notes toward a global synthesis John L. Brooke and Julia C. Strauss.