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Oriental despotism : a comparative study of total power / by Karl A. Wittfogel.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Wittfogel, Karl August, 1896-1988, author.
- Series:
- ACLS Humanities E-Book (Series)
- ACLS Humanities E-Books
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Despotism.
- Civilization, Oriental.
- Irrigation.
- Irrigation--Political aspects.
- despotism.
- irrigation systems.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource.
- Place of Publication:
- New Haven : Yale University Press, 1957.
- System Details:
- Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212
- Contents:
- The natural setting of hydraulic society
- Hydraulic economy: a managerial and genuinely political economy
- A state stronger than society
- Despotic power: total and not benevolent
- Total terror: total submission: total loneliness
- The core, the margin, and the submargin of hydraulic societies
- Patterns of proprietary complexity in hydraulic society
- Classes in hydraulic society
- The rise and fall of the theory of the Asiatic mode of production
- Oriental society in transition.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Electronic reproduction. [S.l.] : HathiTrust Digital Library, 2011.
- Online resource; title from PDF title page (ACLS Humanities E-Book, viewed August 6, 2026).
- Other Format:
- Print version: Wittfogel, Karl August, 1896-1988. Oriental despotism.
- OCLC:
- 85802913
- Publisher Number:
- 2027/heb.03224 hdl
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license
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