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020			_a9781139381307 (ebook)
020			_z9781107031173 (hardback)
020			_z9781107635975 (paperback)
040			_aUkCbUP _beng _erda _cUkCbUP
050	0	0	_aHN8 _b.M28 2012
082	0	0	_a306.09 _223
100	1		_aMann, Michael, _eauthor.
245	1	4	_aThe Sources of Social Power. _nVolume 1, _pA History of Power from the Beginning to AD 1760 / _cMichael Mann.
250			_a2nd ed.
264		1	_aCambridge : _bCambridge University Press, _c2012.
300			_a1 online resource (578 pages) : _bdigital, PDF file(s).
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
500			_aTitle from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 04 Apr 2016).
520			_aDistinguishing 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.
650		0	_aSocial history
650		0	_aPower (Social sciences)
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _z9781107031173
856	4	0	_uhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781139381307
942			_2Dewey Decimal Classification _ceBooks
999			_c37316 _d37316