Description
Summary: | This collection's central thesis is straightforward: long-distance communication plays a key role in the cohesion and stability of early states and in turn, these states invest heavily in long-term communication strategies and networks. As reliable and fast long-distance communication facilitates the successful delegation of power from the centre to the local administrations, the creation and maintenance of the necessary infrastructure to support this is a key strategy of the central state.
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource : illustrations (black and white), maps (black and white) |
Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
ISBN: | 9780199354795 0199354790 |
Source of Description, Etc. Note: | Online resource; title from home page (viewed on January 6, 2014). |