{"product_id":"the-word-and-the-sword-how-techniques-of-information-and-violence-hardback-9781557862464","title":"The Word and the Sword; How Techniques of Information and Violence (Hardback) 9781557862464","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Word and the Sword\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eHow Techniques of Information and Violence\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eLeonard Dudley (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781557862464, Wiley\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 14 November 1991\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e372 pages\u003cbr\u003e25 x 20 x 1.5 cm, 0.737 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHow military and information innovations affect social transformation\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis book explores how major social transformations are related to four categories of information innovation as well as four categories of military evolution. In \u003ci\u003eThe Word and the Sword\u003c\/i\u003e, the author outlines the effects generated by methods of presenting information, such as writing, printing, and mass media. He also discusses four ways in which applications of violence, such as artillery and steam transport, have created societal change.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eEditor's Preface vii \u003cp\u003ePreface xi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments xii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePatterns of the Past 4\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Limits to State Power 7\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEight Key Innovations 9\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTechnological Determinism? 12\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1 Ziggurats in the Sand 15\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Two Rivers 19\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Development of Writing 23\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Origin of Bureaucracy 28\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe First Complex Societies 34\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWriting and the Emergence of Civil 41\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2 The Age of Gilgamesh 47\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOf Walls and Warfare 50\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMilitary Conquest and Con 53\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFrom City-state to Empire 60\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePrivate Property and Pace Rule 67\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFrontier Games 71\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e3 The Shattered Mirror 77 \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Roman State at the Height of its Power 80\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMilitary Problems of the Later Roman Empire 84\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eChanges in the Internal and External Margins 87\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMilitary and Economic Explanations of Rome's Failure 90\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTechnology and the Fall of Rome 96\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e4 Hexagon Dynamics 101 \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Size and Shape of the Medieval State 104\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDevelopments in Metallurgy and Arms 112\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Turning Point for France 118\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Royal Fiscal Machine 123\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Shell of the Nation State 131\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e5 The Eclipse of the Caravans 139\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Beginning of the Modern Age 142\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Communications Bottleneck 148\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Reformation and Literacy 152\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Challenge to Monarchic Rule 158\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Internal Margin of the Dutch State 164\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe United Provinces as Nation State 172\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e6 Sonderweg or Railway? 181 \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Emergence of a Superpower 183\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLiberalism and Nationalism 195\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Railway 197\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eToward Unification 203\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe German Nation State 212\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eResources to Burn 215\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e7 The Petrograd Paradox 221 \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe First Permanent Revolution 224\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Instruments of Mass Control 234\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Leninist Revolution 242\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Role of the Communist Party 250\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Paradox Explained 262\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e8 The Atomization of America 269 \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe High-water Mark 272\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePressure on the Border 278\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eToward an Atomistic 286\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Rising Sun 294\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA Unique Occurrence 304\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eConclusion 311\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThree Classes of Events 315\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Direction of Causality 319\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA Pattern of History 321\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Pattern Explained 323\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhere Are We Going? 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