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Author Sagan, Eli.

Title At the dawn of tyranny : the origins of individualism, political oppression, and the state / Eli Sagan
Published London : Faber and Faber, 1986

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 W'PONDS  306 Sag/Atd  AVAILABLE
Description xxiii, 420 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, portraits ; 24cm
Notes Includes index
Originally published: New York : Knopf, 1985
Primitive societies. Cultural processes (BNB/PRECIS)
Bibliography Bibliography: pages [397]-406
Subject Despotism -- Origin.
Ethnology -- Polynesia.
Ganda (African people) -- Politics and government.
Despotism.
Primitive societies.
Individualism -- History.
State, The -- Origin.
State, The.
SUBJECT Buganda http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80128734 -- Social life and customs. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2001008851
Polynesia http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85104688 -- Social life and customs. http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh2001008851
ISBN 0571138225
0571139868 (paperback)