Oriental despotism
Subtitle: a comparative study of total power
By: by Karl A. Wittfogel.
Edition: 1st Vintage Books ed.
Publisher: Vintage Books
Published: 1981
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 556
Subjects: Despotism.; Civilization, Oriental.; Irrigation.
Notes: Bibliography: p. 491-529.
Reprint of the ed. published by Yale University Press, New Haven.
Includes indexes.