... India, Timurid and Uzbek Central Asia, and the Ottoman Empire). The introduction then succinctly reviews the different articles and how they fit the book’s main theme. cross cultural exchange Europe Europeans exchange nomadic political culture nomadic Allsen Thomas T 1 barbarians barbarian...

... contributed decisively toward shaping the imperial political culture. Han Feizi 韓非子 d 233 BCE a person and a book mediocre rulers Ru 儒 “Confucians” ruler Xunzi 荀子 c monarchism wangquanzhuyi王權主義 people ritual system state origins of True Monarch wang zhe王者 de 德 virtue hierarchy li 理 principles...

...This chapter studies the lines cited in the opening epigraph of Sima Guang's The Comprehensive Mirror to Aid the Government. In a few sentences, Guang succinctly summarized the quintessence of Chinese political culture such as: the existence of the universal and omnipotent monarch...

... to “the people” yet firmly opposed the lower strata's input in political processes. The book asserts that the persistence of these unresolved tensions eventually became one of the most important assets of China's political culture. The ensuing imperial political system was sufficiently flexible to adapt itself...

... and western Solomons, the history of labor migration, and the nature of postcolonial political culture and its connection with the rapacious logging industry. It then describes the politics of regional and island-wide identity before turning to the Ethnic Tension of 1998–2003 that began with the uprising...

...The socio-political organization and political culture of the Scythian kingdoms from the second half of the 7th century until the mid-3rd century BCE demonstrate principle similarity with those of many later nomadic states in the Eurasian steppes. Those states were based on subordination...

... the Tatar period by the mid-16th century, can be traced back to this long period, and it evolved allegedly in close connection with the Tatar-Mongol state administration and political culture. The present chapter makes an attempt to investigate the Tatars’ possible role in and impact on the final...

... the rediscovered village records of both Murotsu and Kaminoseki offer a different portrait of the political culture of the Meiji period than that suggested by the Fukasawa storehouse documents. central government “culture ” elites nation state protest antigovernment Yanagita Kunio Chōshū democracy Ogata...

.... Although hierarchy and equality are often treated as if they are opposite poles, in Micronesia they are complementary aspects of an essentially common political culture. chiefs and chieftainship feasting first fruits offerings Chuuk Chuuk Lagoon Eastern Caroline Islands Goodenough Ward Hall Edward...

...This chapter asserts that tensions between rulers and ministers was one of the persistent features of Chinese political culture. Considering themselves as shareholders in the state administration, proud hereditary ministers treated their lord as a mere primus inter pares rather than...