About this title: Combining great learning, interpretative originality, analytical sensitivity, and a charismatic prose style, Clifford Geertz has produced a lasting body of work with influence throughout the humanities and social sciences, and remains the foremost anthropologist in America. His 1980 book "Negara" analyzed the social organization of Bali before it was colonized by the Dutch in 1906. Here Geertz applied his widely influential method of cultural interpretation to the myths, ceremonies, rituals, and symbols of a precolonial state. He found that the nineteenth-century Balinese state defied easy ...
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Princeton Univ Pr
Date Published: 1981
ISBN-13:9780691007786ISBN:0691007780
Description: Good. The Theatre State in Nineteenth-Century Bali Reading curl to upper & lower corners. Light to moderate edgewear and rubbing to cover. Small stain to upper page edge. Interior clean & unmarked. Good used reading copy. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Trade Paperback
Publisher: Princeton Univ Press, Princeton, New Jersey, U.S.A.
Date Published: 1980
ISBN-13:9780691007786ISBN:0691007780
Description: Very Good- ANTHROPOLOGY. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. XII + 295 PAGES. Includes preface, introduction, conclusion, notes, glossary, bibliography, & index. Some margin notes & underlining to text. Some edgewear, bending, soiling, & sun-exposure to covers & spine. " Here Clifford Geertz applies his well-known cultural analysis to the social organization of nineteenth-century Bali. He offers a vivid portrait of the symbols, myths, rituals, and ceremonies-in short, the drama-that essentially constituted ... read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Date Published: 1981
ISBN-13:9780691007786ISBN:0691007780
Description: Pbk 295pp line illustrations and diagrams cover sl shelf worn slight bumping to rear lower edge rem mark on bottom edge otherwise very good clean tight text. read more
Edition: First Edition
Binding: Hardcover
Publisher: Princeton University Press, Princton, New Jersey
Date Published: 1980
Description: Fine in Very Good jacket. 8vo-over 7¾"-9¾" tall. Book is in fine condition. Dust jacket has some minor rubbing along edges. 295 pages includes index. read more
Binding: orig. wrappers
Publisher: Princeton University Press, Princeton
Date Published: (1980)
Description: Minor rubbing. VG. 24x15cm, xii, 295 pp., PAPERBACK. Contents: Bali and historical method--Political definition: the sources of order--Political anatomy: the internal organization of the ruling class--Political anatomy: the village and the state--Political statement: spectacle and ceremony--Bali and political theory. read more
Description: Good. Sm 4to. Cloth Hardcover, 1980. The dustjacket is good; lightly scuffed and worn. Bound in dark red cloth with a black compartment and gold lettering on the side. Cover in good condition. Joints and hinges are strong, and the textblock is sturdy. Pages are clean and intact with several illustrated figures and a color plate. Offered by the Antiquarian, Rare, and Collectable Books section at Better World Books. 100% Satisfaction Guaranteed. Join the more than 2.8 million customers who have ... read more
Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Date Published: 1981
ISBN-13:9780691007786ISBN:0691007780
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Binding: Paperback
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Date Published: 1981
ISBN-13:9780691007786ISBN:0691007780
Description: Acceptable. COVER IS WORN, NOTATIONS THROUGHOUT BOOK, SLIGHT TO MODERATE HIGHLIGHTING AND OR UNDERLINING THROUGHOUT BOOK, Good reading copy. read more
Binding: PAPERBACK
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN-13:9780691007786ISBN:0691007780
Description: Very Good. 0691007780 VERY GOOD! Has underlining and some writing on some pages, Light Shelf Wear, NO Remainder Marks-Ships Daily! Delivery Confirmation Email Sent With Every Order! read more
Binding: Softcover
Publisher: Princeton University Press., USA.
Date Published: 1980
ISBN-13:9780691007786ISBN:0691007780
Description: Very Good. 8vo. B/w maps & illus. The drama of precolonial Negara is shown in a vivid portrait of symbols, myths, rituals and ceremony. 295pp. Index, biblio. read more
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