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Irrigation and State Formation in Hunza: The Anthropology of a Hydraulic Kingdom
H. Sidky
Irrigation and State Formation in Hunza: The Anthropology of a Hydraulic Kingdom
H. Sidky
An exploration of the evolution of political complexity and centralizaton in Hunza, a remote high-mountain kingdom in the western Karakoram mountains. The study follows the argument that the rise of the Hunza state is linked to the construction of Hunza's large-scale irrigation works.
198 pages, 20 photographs
Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
Released | March 10, 1996 |
ISBN13 | 9780761802044 |
Publishers | University Press of America |
Pages | 198 |
Dimensions | 221 × 145 × 17 mm · 376 g |