Book contents
- Family Power
- Family Power
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Preface and Acknowledgements
- Chronology
- 1 Introduction
- 2 How Social Science Separated Families from Political Order
- 3 Formless Kinship in Formless Polities
- 4 Consolidating Dynasties and Realms
- 5 Strong Aristocracies in Strong States
- 6 The Revival and Sudden Death of Political Kinship
- 7 The Arab Empires c.632–c.900
- 8 Sacred Yet Supple
- 9 The Ubiquitous and Opaque Elites of the Ottoman Empire c.1300–c.1830
- 10 Clans and Dynasties in the Modern Middle East
- 11 Conclusions
- Bibliography
- Index
Family Power
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 09 March 2020
- Family Power
- Family Power
- Copyright page
- Contents
- Preface and Acknowledgements
- Chronology
- 1 Introduction
- 2 How Social Science Separated Families from Political Order
- 3 Formless Kinship in Formless Polities
- 4 Consolidating Dynasties and Realms
- 5 Strong Aristocracies in Strong States
- 6 The Revival and Sudden Death of Political Kinship
- 7 The Arab Empires c.632–c.900
- 8 Sacred Yet Supple
- 9 The Ubiquitous and Opaque Elites of the Ottoman Empire c.1300–c.1830
- 10 Clans and Dynasties in the Modern Middle East
- 11 Conclusions
- Bibliography
- Index
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- Family PowerKinship, War and Political Orders in Eurasia, 500–2018, pp. i - iiPublisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2020