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The ancient Indus: urbanism, economy, and society / Rita P. Wright

By: Material type: TextPublication details: New York: Cambridge University Press, 2010.Description: xix, 396 p.: ill., maps; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780521572194 (hardback)
  • 0521572193 (hardback)
  • 9780521576529 (pbk.)
  • 0521576520 (pbk.)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 934 WRI/A
Contents:
A long-forgotten civilization -- Geographical and environmental settings -- From foraging to farming and pastoralism -- An era of expansion and transformation -- Urbanism and states: cities, regions, and edge zones -- Agropastoral and craft-producing economies I -- Intensification and specialization -- Agropastoral and craft-producing economies II -- Diversification, organization of production, and distribution -- The lure of distant lands -- Landscapes of order and difference -- the cultural construction of space, place, and social difference -- Models for Indus religious ideologies -- The decline and transformation and the comparative study of early states.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 345-383) and index.

A long-forgotten civilization -- Geographical and environmental settings -- From foraging to farming and pastoralism -- An era of expansion and transformation -- Urbanism and states: cities, regions, and edge zones -- Agropastoral and craft-producing economies I -- Intensification and specialization -- Agropastoral and craft-producing economies II -- Diversification, organization of production, and distribution -- The lure of distant lands -- Landscapes of order and difference -- the cultural construction of space, place, and social difference -- Models for Indus religious ideologies -- The decline and transformation and the comparative study of early states.

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