TY  - BOOK
AU  - Monroe,J.Cameron
TI  - The precolonial state in West Africa: building power in Dahomey 
SN  - 9781107040182 (hardback : alk. paper)
AV  - DT541.65 .M66 2014
U1  - 966.83018 23
PY  - 2014///
CY  - New York NY
PB  - Cambridge University Press
KW  - Political culture
KW  - Benin
KW  - History
KW  - Power (Social sciences)
KW  - Architecture
KW  - Political aspects
KW  - To 1894
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-258) and index; Introduction --; Geography, settlement, and politics --; Dahomey and the royal palace sphere --; Capturing the countryside --; The city as history --; Power by design --; Building power in Dahomey
ER  -