Merciful father, impersonal state: Russian autocracy in comparative perspective
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The Eurasian perspective on early modern history proposed by Victor Lieberman provides a useful context for understanding state formation in Muscovite Russia, suggesting similarities as well as differences from other European states. An effective administrative system was created by the Russian state between the 10th and early 18th centuries. However, Muscovy differed from other European monarchies in maintaining a more localized, personalized, apolitical system, without the discourse on rights and the formation of legislative bodies that occurred in the rest of Europe.
Publication Name: Modern Asian Studies
Subject: Regional focus/area studies
ISSN: 0026-749X
Year: 1997
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Irrigation and the rise of the state in Hunza: a case for the hydraulic hypothesis
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The development of a complex irrigation system in the 1700s was vital to the centralization of political control in the princely state of Hunza, located in northern Pakistan. The hydraulic works served as a source of power for the Mir, the ruler of the region. Local communities could not build irrigation systems on their own so they were dependant on the Mir for their water. The new cultivatable land created by the water system increased the Mir's wealth and expanded his territory.
Publication Name: Modern Asian Studies
Subject: Regional focus/area studies
ISSN: 0026-749X
Year: 1997
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Public finance and the rise of warlordism
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The rise of Chinese warlords following the 1911 Revolution imposed unsupportable financial strain on many provincial resources. Provinces were often involved in complex financial ties which made separate geographical divisions into a single economic region. Much warlord infighting was an effort to extend financial resources. China's financial crisis at both the central and provincial levels eventually swamped the young Republic.
Publication Name: Modern Asian Studies
Subject: Regional focus/area studies
ISSN: 0026-749X
Year: 1996
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