Social Evolution & History. Volume 9, Number 2. Международный журнал

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Contents

Congratulations on the 80th Anniversary of
Professor Henri Johannes Maria Claessen     3

Special Section

Urbanization, Regional Diversity and the Problem
of State Formation in Europe

Guest Editor Alessandro Guidi

Guest Editor's Preface     11

Alessandro Guidi

The Archaeology of Early State in Italy:
New Data and Acquisitions     12

Simon K. F. Stoddart

Boundaries of the State in Time and Space:
Transitions and Tipping Points     28

Gabriele Cifani

State Formation and Ethnicities from the 8th to 5th Century BC in the Tiberine Valley (Central Italy)     53

Ian Ralston

Fragile States in Mid-first Millennium BC Temperate
Western Europe? The View from Bourges     70

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Leonid E. Grinin

The Role of an Individual in History: A Reconsideration     95

Daniel J. Stasko and Barry H. Rodrigue

A Preliminary Look at Big History Today     137

Nikolay N. Kradin

Between Khans and Presidents. Anthropology of Politics
in Post-Soviet Central Asia     150

Ludomir L. Lozny

Cooperate or Compete? Is Collective Action
a Viable Way to Develop Sustainable Political Regimes?     173

Review Essay

Anatoly M. Khazanov

Review of David Sneath, the Headless State:
Aristocratic Orders, Kinship Society,
and the Misrepresentation of Nomadic Inner Asia    206

Conference Report

Liu Jian, Guo Zilin

Early State Formation: A Multi-disciplinary Conversation:
A Report of ‘International Symposium on Early State Formation’ Held on November 4–5, 2009, Beijing, China     209

In Memoriam

Tulin Duda

Melvin Lawrence Ember
(January 13, 1933 – September 27, 2009)     217

Gad Yair

Shmuel Noah Eisenstadt
(September 10, 1923 – September 2, 2010)     221