{"product_id":"the-sources-of-social-power-volume-1-a-history-of-power-from-the-beginning-to-ad-1760-paperback-9781107635975","title":"The Sources of Social Power: Volume 1, A History of Power from the Beginning to AD 1760 (Paperback \/ softback) 9781107635975","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Sources of Social Power: Volume 1, A History of Power from the Beginning to AD 1760\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eVolume 1 examines interrelations between sources of power from neolithic times up to just before the Industrial Revolution in England.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eMichael Mann (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781107635975, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 10 September 2012\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e578 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.6 x 15.2 x 3.6 cm, 0.77 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'… a unique brand of historical sociology that is refreshingly iconoclastic, remarkably complex, and breathtakingly ambitious … a must-read for comparative and historical sociologists.' Contemporary Sociology\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eDistinguishing 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 of Volume 1 includes a new preface by the author examining the impact and legacy of the work.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePreface to the second edition\u003cbr\u003e 1. Societies as organized power networks\u003cbr\u003e 2. The end of general social evolution: how prehistoric peoples evaded power\u003cbr\u003e 3. The emergence of stratification, states and multi-power-actor civilisation in Mesopotamia\u003cbr\u003e 4. A comparative analysis of the emergence of stratification, states and multi-power-actor civilisations\u003cbr\u003e 5. The first empires of domination: the dialectics of compulsory cooperation\u003cbr\u003e 6. 'Indo-Europeans' and iron: expanding, diversified power networks\u003cbr\u003e 7. Phoenicians and Greeks: decentralized multi-power-actor civilisations\u003cbr\u003e 8. Revitalized empires of domination: Assyria and Persia\u003cbr\u003e 9. The Roman territorial empire\u003cbr\u003e 10. Ideology transcendent: the Christian ecumene\u003cbr\u003e 11. A comparative excursus into the world religions: Confucianism, Islam, and (especially) Hindu caste\u003cbr\u003e 12. The European dynamic: I. the intensive phase, AD 800–1155\u003cbr\u003e 13. The European dynamics: II. the rise of coordinating states, 1155–1477\u003cbr\u003e 14. The European dynamic: III. international capitalism and organic national states, 1477–1760\u003cbr\u003e 15. European conclusions: explaining European dynamism – capitalism, Christendom, and states\u003cbr\u003e 16. Patterns of world-historical development in agrarian societies\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Comparative politics [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Comparative politics\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Comparative%20politics%20%5BJPB%5D%22\"\u003eJPB\u003c\/a\u003e], Sociology [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Sociology\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Sociology%20%5BJHB%5D%22\"\u003eJHB\u003c\/a\u003e], General \u0026amp; world history [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on General \u0026amp; world history\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22General%20\u0026amp;%20world%20history%20%5BHBG%5D%22\"\u003eHBG\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45908888355096,"sku":"9781107635975","price":31.59,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781107635975i_98d94142-a837-4e1f-ab7e-b8f742aba7fc.jpg?v=1696780943","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-sources-of-social-power-volume-1-a-history-of-power-from-the-beginning-to-ad-1760-paperback-9781107635975","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}