TY  - BOOK
AU  - Khatchadourian, Lori 
AU  - : Khatchadourian, Lori
TI  - Imperial matter : : ancient Persia and the archaeology of empires
T2  - Book collections on Project Muge 
SN  - 9780520290525
U1  - 935.7 KHA 
PY  - 2016///
CY  - California 
PB  - : University of California Press, 
KW  - History
KW  -  History of ancient world (to ca. 499)
KW  -  Mesopotamia to 637 & Iranian Plateau to 637
KW  - Imperialism -- Social aspects
KW  - Sovereignty
KW  - Archaeology and history -- Iran
KW  - Archaeology and history -- Caucasus, South
KW  - Architecture and society
KW  - Caucasus, South
KW  - Political Theory of the State
KW  - Law, Politics & Government
KW  - imperialism
KW  - ancient persia
N1  - 	1. The Satrapal condition --
2. Where things stand --
3. Imperial matter --
4. From captives to delegates --
5. Delegates and proxies in the Dahyu Armenia --
6. Going underground: affiliates, proxies, and delegates at Tsaghkahovit --
Conclusion
N2  - 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."--Provided by publisher
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