TY - BOOK AU - Shlapentokh,Vladimir AU - Woods,Joshua ED - Project Muse. TI - Feudal America: elements of the Middle Ages in contemporary society SN - 9780271053653 AV - HN59.2 .S55 2011 U1 - 306.0973/09051 22 PY - 2011/// CY - University Park, Pa. PB - Pennsylvania State University Press KW - United States KW - Economic conditions KW - 21st century KW - Politics and government KW - Social conditions KW - Electronic books. KW - local N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; The feudal model in social analysis : from medieval Europe to contemporary America -- Feudal, liberal, and authoritarian models as tools for analyzing the middle ages and contemporary American society -- Big money and corporations as promoters of feudal tendencies -- The feudal model and the organizational level of analysis -- Private coercion : a feudal aspect of contemporary American society -- Personal relations in American politics and business : a feudal phenomenon N2 - "Uses a feudal model to analyze contemporary American society, comparing its essential characteristics to those of medieval European societies"--Provided by publisher UR - https://muse.jhu.edu/books/9780271053653/ ER -