123rd Annual Meeting (January 2 - 5, 2009): Globalizing the Historiography of State Formation—Comparing Trajectories of State Formation: The Role of Values, Sociopolitical Institutions, and Demographic-Ecological Conditions

Globalizing the Historiography of State Formation—Comparing Trajectories of State Formation: The Role of Values, Sociopolitical Institutions, and Demographic-Ecological Conditions

AHA Session 110

Sunday, January 4, 2009: 9:00 AM-11:00 AM

Beekman Parlor (Hilton New York)

Chair:

Jeffrey Herbst, Miami University of Ohio

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Trajectories of State Transformation in China and Europe: The Significance of Empire, Its Presence or Absence to Explaining the Fiscal Choices of Small States and Empire
R. Bin Wong, University of California

Aborted Transitions: The Indian State in the Long Eighteenth Century
David Washbrook, Trinity College Cambridge

Was There a West-European Trajectory of State Formation? A Comparison with the Ottoman Empire from a Dutch Perspective
Wantje (J.M.F.) Fritschy, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam

Fiscal and Financial Preconditions for the Formation of States in the East and the West
Patrick Karl O'Brien, London School of Economics and Political Science

Comment:

The Audience

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