Rethinking world-systems : diasporas, colonies, and interaction in Uruk Mesopotamia /
"In this new study, Stein proposes two complementary theoretical frameworks for the study of interregional interaction: a "distance-parity" model, which views world-systems as simply one factor in a broader range of intersocietal relations, and a "trade-diaspora" model, whic...
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| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Tucson :
University of Arizona Press,
1999.
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| Online Access: | CONNECT |
| Summary: | "In this new study, Stein proposes two complementary theoretical frameworks for the study of interregional interaction: a "distance-parity" model, which views world-systems as simply one factor in a broader range of intersocietal relations, and a "trade-diaspora" model, which explains variation in exchange systems from the perspective of participant groups. He tests his models against the archaeological record of Mesopotamian expansion into the Anatolian highlands during the fourth millennium B.C."--Jacket. "The Use of World-Systems Theory to explain the spread of social complexity has become accepted practice by both historians and archaeologists. Gil Stein now offers the first rigorous test of world-systems as a model in archaeology, arguing that the application of world-systems theory to noncapitalist, pre-fifteenth-century societies distorts our understanding of developmental change by overemphasizing the role of external over internal dynamics." |
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| Item Description: | Project MUSE Universal EBA Ebooks |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xv, 206 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-199) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780816550531 0816550530 |
