Imperial Matter: Ancient Persia and the Archaeology of Empires

What is the role of the material world in shaping the tensions and paradoxes of imperial sovereignty? Scholars have long shone 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 whic...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Khatchadourian, Lori (auth)
Format: Book Chapter
Published: Oakland, California University of California Press 2016
Subjects:
Online Access:Get Fullteks
DOAB: description of the publication
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
LEADER 02141naaaa2200397uu 4500
001 doab_20_500_12854_30515
020 |a luminos.13 
020 |a 9780520964952 
024 7 |a 10.1525/luminos.13  |c doi 
041 0 |a English 
042 |a dc 
072 7 |a HB  |2 bicssc 
072 7 |a HBTQ  |2 bicssc 
072 7 |a HD  |2 bicssc 
100 1 |a Khatchadourian, Lori  |4 auth 
245 1 0 |a Imperial Matter: Ancient Persia and the Archaeology of Empires 
260 |a Oakland, California  |b University of California Press  |c 2016 
300 |a 1 electronic resource (330 p.) 
506 0 |a Open Access  |2 star  |f Unrestricted online access 
520 |a What is the role of the material world in shaping the tensions and paradoxes of imperial sovereignty? Scholars have long shone 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. Based on 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 of empire across the humanities and social sciences. 
540 |a Creative Commons  |f https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/  |2 cc  |4 https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/ 
546 |a English 
650 7 |a History  |2 bicssc 
650 7 |a Colonialism & imperialism  |2 bicssc 
650 7 |a Archaeology  |2 bicssc 
653 |a empire 
653 |a sovereignty 
653 |a imperialism 
653 |a south caucasus 
653 |a ancient persia 
653 |a Achaemenid Empire 
653 |a Anno Domini 
653 |a Tsaghkahovit 
653 |a Urartu 
856 4 0 |a www.oapen.org  |u https://library.oapen.org/bitstream/20.500.12657/32720/1/607683.pdf  |7 0  |z Get Fullteks 
856 4 0 |a www.oapen.org  |u https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/30515  |7 0  |z DOAB: description of the publication