Michael Mann / Complete 4 Volume Set The Sources of Social Power Volume 1 2013

Description: (Complete 4 Volume Set) The Sources of Social Power, Volume 1: A History of Power From the Beginning to AD 1760; Volume 2: The Rise of Classes and Nation-States, 1760-1914; Volume 3: Global Empires and Revolution, 1890-1945; Volume 4: Globalizations, 1945-2011 Author: Mann, Michael Title: (Complete 4 Volume Set) The Sources of Social Power, Volume 1: A History of Power From the Beginning to AD 1760; Volume 2: The Rise of Classes and Nation-States, 1760-1914; Volume 3: Global Empires and Revolution, 1890-1945; Volume 4: Globalizations, 1945-2011 Publication: Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2012-2013 Description: Hardcover. 9 1/4" X 6 1/4". Very mild shelf wear to covers, corners, and edges of pictorial paper over boards. Pages of all volumes are clean and unmarked. Bindings are square and sound.This set is heavy and oversized and will require additional postal charges to ship internationally. Please contact us today for an international shipping quote.Michael Mann is particularly noteworthy for his groundbreaking and interdisciplinary approach to understanding power and social organization. His magnum opus, The Sources of Social Power, spans multiple volumes and is considered a foundational work in sociology and historical analysis. Mann’s framework divides power into four overlapping and autonomous "networks"—ideological, economic, military, and political—providing a nuanced understanding of how societies evolve and change.Additionally, Mann is acclaimed for his bold and incisive studies on significant global phenomena. His work on fascism and ethnic cleansing, particularly in The Dark Side of Democracy (2005), offers a chilling exploration of how modern states and democracies can devolve into violence. He is also recognized for his critical perspectives on globalization, questioning simplistic narratives of global integration and emphasizing its uneven and multifaceted nature.ABOUT THIS SET:Distinguishing four sources of power in human societies - ideological, economic, military, and political - The Sources of Social Power traces their interrelations throughout history. In this first volume, Michael Mann examinese 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.This second volume of Michael Mann's analytical history of social power 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. This theory culminates in the final chapter, an original explanation of the causes of the First World War.This third volume of Michael Mann's analytical history of social power begins with nineteenth-century global empires and continues with a global history of the twentieth century up to 1945. Mann focuses on the interrelated development of capitalism, nation-states and empires. Volume 3 discusses the 'Great Divergence' between the fortunes of the West and the rest of the world; the self-destruction of European and Japanese power in two world wars; the Great Depression; the rise of American and Soviet power; the rivalry between capitalism, socialism and fascism; and the triumph of a reformed and democratic capitalism.This fourth volume of Michael Mann's analytical history of social power covers the period from 1945 to the present, focusing on the three major pillars of postwar global order: capitalism, the nation-state system, and the sole remaining empire of the world, the United States. In the course of this period, capitalism, nation-states, and empires interacted with one another and were transformed. Mann's key argument is that globalization is not just a single process, because there are globalizations of all four sources of social power, each of which has a different rhythm of development. Topics include the rise and beginnings of decline of the American Empire, the fall or transformation of communism (respectively, the Soviet Union and China), the shift from neo-Keynesianism to neoliberalism, and the three great crises emerging in this period – nuclear weapons, the great recession, and climate change.(Publisher). Very good. Seller ID: 16254 Subject: History & Geography, Law, Politics, & Sociology You are buying from Underground Books, a brick & mortar bookshop specializing in used, rare, antiquarian, and out of print materials. We are a proud member of the Georgia Antiquarian Booksellers Association and the Independent Online Booksellers Association. If you are ever in the West Georgia area, please visit us in Carrollton at Underground Books or in Serenbe at Hills & Hamlets Bookshop. TERMS OF SALE Payment If you win an item in one of our auctions, if your offer has been accepted, or if you have chosen to buy an item now, please make your payment as soon as possible. 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