Sneath David, The Headless State: Aristocratic Orders, Kinship Society, and the Misrepresentation of Nomadic Inner Asia. New York: Columbia University Press, 2007, 273 pp. ISBN 978-0-231-14054-6.

Thomas Barfield

doi:10.1017/S0010417509990211

Sneath David, The Headless State: Aristocratic Orders, Kinship Society, and the Misrepresentation of Nomadic Inner Asia. New York: Columbia University Press, 2007, 273 pp. ISBN 978-0-231-14054-6.

Published online by Cambridge University Press: 17 September 2009

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Information: Comparative Studies in Society and History , Volume 51 , Issue 4 , October 2009 , pp. 942 - 943

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Sneath David, The Headless State: Aristocratic Orders, Kinship Society, and the Misrepresentation of Nomadic Inner Asia. New York: Columbia University Press, 2007, 273 pp. ISBN 978-0-231-14054-6.

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