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The Headless State, Aristocratic Orders, Kinship Society and Misrepresentations of Nomadic Inner Asia. By David Sneath. New York: Columbia University Press, 2009. Pp. 273, 3 maps. ISBN 10: 0231140541; 13: 9780231140546.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  19 January 2011

David Durand-Guédy
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Halle, Orientalisches Institut/SFB 586. E-mail david_durandguedy@yahoo.com

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