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    • Publisher:
      Cambridge University Press
      Publication date:
      05 July 2013
      17 September 2012
      ISBN:
      9781139381314
      9781107031180
      9781107670648
      DOI:
      https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139381314
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      1.2kg, 839 Pages
      Dimensions:
      (228 x 152 mm)
      Weight & Pages:
      1.09kg, 844 Pages
      • Subjects:
      Social Theory, Regional and World History: General Interest, History, Sociology
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    Social Theory, Regional and World History: General Interest, History, Sociology
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    Distinguishing four sources of power in human societies - ideological, economic, military and political - The Sources of Social Power traces their interrelations throughout human history. This second volume deals with power relations between the Industrial Revolution and the First World War, focusing on France, Great Britain, Hapsburg Austria, Prussia/Germany and the United States. Based on considerable empirical research, it provides original theories of the rise of nations and nationalism, of class conflict, of the modern state and of modern militarism. While not afraid to generalize, it also stresses social and historical complexity. Michael Mann sees human society as 'a patterned mess' and attempts to provide a sociological theory appropriate to this, his final chapter giving an original explanation of the causes of the First World War. First published in 1993, this new edition of Volume 2 includes a new preface by the author examining the impact and legacy of the work.

    Reviews

    Reviews of the first edition:‘The ambition of the conception is, against all conventional expectations, matched by the clarity and grandeur of the execution.'

    Source: The Times Literary Supplement

    ‘This work offers a treasure trove of facts and interpretations that will be useful to readers in many disciplines …'

    Source: Choice

    ‘This is a book in the grand Weberian tradition. Mann's conceptual skills and historical grasp are virtuosic and the scope of his enterprise is truly impressive.'

    Source: Politics and Society

    ‘… a unique brand of historical sociology that is refreshingly iconoclastic, remarkably complex, and breathtakingly ambitious … a must-read for comparative and historical sociologists.'

    Source: Contemporary Sociology

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