Tribe and State in Asia Through Twenty-Five Centuries

by Sumit Guha

'Tribe' is one of the oldest words in Western languages. It has now globalized. Discourses in and on Asia frequently employ the label 'tribe' as a loan-word or in an Asian-language equivalent. This may be positive, used to market crafts and fabrics; it may be neutral, used in legal and administrative practice and in conflict zones, or it may be a pragmatic descriptor of a social organization and military capacity. The name has persisted through fifty...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0924304952
• ISBN13: 9780924304958
• Release Date: August 2021
• Publisher: Association for Asian Studies
• Length: 156 Pages
• Weight: 0.49 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"