The Sources of Social Power: Volume 2, The Rise of Classes and Nation-States, 1760–1914

Distinguishing Four Sources Of Power In Human Societies - Ideological, Economic, Military And Political - The Sources Of Social Power Traces Their Interrelations Throughout Human History. In This First Volume, Michael Mann Examines Interrelations Between These Elements From Neolithic Times, Through Ancient Near Eastern Civilizations, The Classical Mediterranean Age And Medieval Europe, Up To Just Before The Industrial Revolution In England. It Offers Explanations Of The Emergence Of The State And Social Stratification; Of City-states, Militaristic Empires And The Persistent Interaction Between Them; Of The World Salvation Religions; And Of The Particular Dynamism Of Medieval And Early Modern Europe. It Ends By Generalizing About The Nature Of Overall Social Development, The Varying Forms Of Social Cohesion And The Role Of Classes And Class Struggle In History. First Published In 1986, This New Edition Includes A New Preface In Volume 1 By The Author Examining The Impact And Legacy Of The Work-- V. 1. A History Of Power From The Beginning To Ad 1760 -- V. 2. The Rise Of Classes And Nation-states, 1760-1914 -- V. 3. Global Empires And Revolution, 1890-1945 -- V. 4. Globalizations, 1945-2011. Michael Mann. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Frontmatter Preface to the new edition (page vii) Preface (page xix) 1 Introduction (page 1) 2 Economic and ideological power relations (page 23) 3 A theory of the modern state (page 44) 4 The Industrial Revolution and old regime liberalism in Britain, 1760-1880 (page 92) 5 The American Revolution and the institutionalization of confederal capitalist liberalism (page 137) 6 The French Revolution and the bourgeois nation (page 167) 7 Conclusion to Chapters 4-6: The emergence of classes and nations (page 214) 8 Geopolitics and international capitalism (page 254) 9 Struggle over Germany: I. Prussia and authoritarian national capitalism (page 297) 10 Struggle over Germany: II. Austria and confederal representation (page 330) 11 The rise of the modern state: I. Quantitative data (page 358) 12 The rise of the modern state: II. The autonomy of military power (page 402) 13 The rise of the modern state: III. Bureaucratization (page 444) 14 The rise of the modern state: IV. The expansion of civilian scope (page 479) 15 The resistable rise of the British working class, 1815-1880 (page 510) 16 The middle-class nation (page 546) 17 Class struggle in the Second Industrial Revolution, 1880-1914: I. Great Britain (page 597) 18 Class struggle in the Second Industrial Revolution, 1880-1914: II. Comparative analysis of working-class movements (page 628) 19 Class struggle in the Second Industrial Revolution, 1880-1914: III. The peasantry (page 692) 20 Theoretical conclusions: Classes, states, nations, and the sources of social power (page 723) 21 Empirical culmination - over the top: Geopolitics, class struggle, and World War I (page 740) Appendix Additional tables on state finances and state employment (page 803) Index (page 816) Distinguishing four sources of power in human societies - ideological, economic, military, and political - The Sources of Social Power traces their interrelations throughout history. In this first volume, Michael Mann examinese interrelations between these elements from neolithic times, through ancient Near Eastern civilizations, the classical Mediterranean age, and medieval Europe, up to just before the Industrial Revolution in England. It offers explanations of the emergence of the state and social stratification; of city-states, militaristic empires, and the persistent interaction between them; of the world salvation religions; and of the particular dynamism of medieval and early modern Europe. It ends by generalizing about the nature of overall social development, the varying forms of social cohesion, and the role of classes and class struggle in history. First published in 1986, this new edition of Volume 1 includes a new preface by the author examining the impact and legacy of the work. -- from back cover of Volume 1 "Distinguishing four sources of power in human societies - ideological, economic, military and political - The Sources of Social Power traces their interrelations throughout human history. In this first volume, Michael Mann examines interrelations between these elements from neolithic times, through ancient Near Eastern civilizations, the classical Mediterranean age and medieval Europe, up to just before the Industrial Revolution in England. It offers explanations of the emergence of the state and social stratification; of city-states, militaristic empires and the persistent interaction between them; of the world salvation religions; and of the particular dynamism of medieval and early modern Europe. It ends by generalizing about the nature of overall social development, the varying forms of social cohesion and the role of classes and class struggle in history. First published in 1986, this new edition includes a new preface in volume 1 by the author examining the impact and legacy of the work"-- Provided by publisher v. 1. A history of power from the beginning to AD 1760 v. 2. The rise of classes and nation-states, 1760-1914 v. 3. Global empires and crises, 1914-1945 v. 4. Globalizations, 1945-2011.