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Irrigation and State Formation in Hunza - The Anthropology of a Hydraulic Kingdom (Hardcover, New)
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Irrigation and State Formation in Hunza - The Anthropology of a Hydraulic Kingdom (Hardcover, New)
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Irrigation and State Formation in Hunza explores the evolution of
political complexity and centralization in Hunza, a remote
high-mountain kingdom in the western Karakoram mountains. The
author follows the argument that the rise of the Hunza state is
directly linked to the construction of Hunza's large-scale
irrigation works during the late 18th and early-19th centuries.
Sidky's theories are influenced by anthropological writings on
irrigation and its impact on society. He pays special attention to
Karl Wittfogel's 'hydraulic hypothesis' and goes on to examine
linkages between specific ecological conditions, hydraulic
agriculture, and the pattern of socioeconomic and political
organization that emerged in Hunza due to a local ruler's
construction of a large-scale hydraulic system. This unique study
will appeal to historians, anthropologists, cultural geographers
and South Asian specialists.
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