Family power: kinship, war and political orders in eurasia, 500–2018
Auteur :
Halden, Peter
Éditeur :
Cambridge University Press
ISBN :
9781108811095
Date de publication :
1 oct. 2026
Format :
Trade paperback (US)
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
Grande Bretagne
Combining political science with history, this book presents a new history and theory of how political order developed in Europe, Central Asia and the Middle East, explaining why some empires and states succeed and others fail. Elite families and dynasties are shown to be crucial to state formation.