Writing and the Ancient State explores the early development of writing and its relationship to the growth of political structures. The first part of the book focuses on the contribution of writing to the state's legitimating project. The second part deals with the state's use of writing in administration, analyzing both textual and archaeological evidence to reconstruct how th...(展开全部)

This book examines the impact of states and their policies on visual art. States shape the role of art and artists in society, influence the development of audiences, support artistic work, and even affect the very nature of artistic production. The book contrasts developments in the United States with art policies in Britain and in the social democratic states of Norway and Sw...(展开全部)

This book traces the evolving uses of writing to command assent and obedience in early China, an evolution that culminated in the establishment of a textual canon as the foundation of imperial authority. Its central theme is the emergence of this body of writings as the textual double of the state, and of the text-based sage as the double of the ruler. The book examines the ful...(展开全部)

许田波，现为美国圣母大学政治学系助理教授。她2000年毕业于美国哥伦比亚大学政治学系，获博士学位，并曾先后获得哈佛大学约翰·奥林战略研究所、斯坦福大学国际安全与合作中心、圣母大学海伦·凯洛格国际研究所、哈里·弗兰克·古根海姆基金会和世界政治研究所的研究资助。

许田波，现为美国圣母大学政治学系助理教授。她2000年毕业于美国哥伦比亚大学政治学系，获博士学位，并曾先后获得哈佛大学约翰·奥林战略研究所、斯坦福大学国际安全与合作中心、圣母大学海伦·凯洛格国际研究所、哈里·弗兰克·古根海姆基金会和世界政治研究所的研究资助。

许田波，现为美国圣母大学政治学系助理教授。她2000年毕业于美国哥伦比亚大学政治学系，获博士学位，并曾先后获得哈佛大学约翰·奥林战略研究所、斯坦福大学国际安全与合作中心、圣母大学海伦·凯洛格国际研究所、哈里·弗兰克·古根海姆基金会和世界政治研究所的研究资助。

Although they existed more than a millennium apart, the great civilizations of New Kingdom Egypt (ca. 1548–1086 BCE) and Han dynasty China (206 BCE–220 CE) shared intriguing similarities. Both were centered around major, flood-prone rivers—the Nile and the Yellow River—and established complex hydraulic systems to manage their power. Both spread their territories across vast emp...(展开全部)

Two thousand years ago, the Qin/Han and Roman empires were the largest political entities of the ancient world, developing simultaneously yet independently at opposite ends of Eurasia. Although their territories constituted only a small percentage of the global land mass, these two Eurasian polities controlled up to half of the world population and endured longer than most pre-...(展开全部)