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Author Wittfogel, Karl August, 1896-1988.

Title Oriental despotism : a comparative study of total power / by Karl A. Wittfogel
Published New Haven : Yale University Press, [1957]
©1957

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 MELB  321.6 Wit/Oda  AVAILABLE
 W'PONDS  321.6 Wit  AVAILABLE
Description xix, 556 pages ; 24 cm
Notes "The peculiar forms of Oriental despotism, not limited to the Orient, had their origin in societies where irrigation was a matter of life and death to the people and their crops, and control of the watercourses was in the hands of the ruler and his bureaucracy." Wrapper
Includes index
Bibliography Bibliography: pages 491-529
Includes index
Subject Civilization, Oriental.
Despotism -- Asia.
Despotism.
Irrigation.
LC no. 56010873
ISBN 0300010540