Coercion, Capital and European States：AD 990 - 1992

图书标准信息

• 作者 Charles Tilly 著
• 出版社 Wiley-Blackwell
• 出版时间 1993-02
• ISBN 9781557863683
• 定价 526.50元
• 装帧 平装
• 开本 其他
• 纸张 其他
• 页数 288页
• 正文语种 英语
• 丛书 Studies in Social Discontinuity

【内容简介】

ThisisatonceanaccountandanexplanationoftheevolutionofEuropeanstatesduringthepresentmillennium.ThecentralproblemaddressedbytheauthorconcernsthegreatvarietyinthekindsofstatethathaveprevailedinEuropesinceAD990.ProfessorTillyshowshowinteractionsbetweenthewieldersofpowerontheonehandandthemanipulatorsofcapitalontheotherresultedinthreestateformationseachofwhichprevailedoverlongperiods-tribute-takingempires,systemsoffragmentedsovereignty,andnationalstates.HearguesthattoconceiveEuropeanstatedevelopmentasasimple,unilinearprocessisuntenable,andfurtherthatrelationsbetweenthestatesthemselvesareabigfactorintheirformationandevolution.ThefinalpartofthebookthenappliestheseinsightstothehistoryofThirdWorldstatessince1945.ForthepaperbackeditiontheauthorhasmademinorrevisionsthroughoutandprovidedanadditionalsectionontherapidchangesthathaverecentlytakenplaceinCentralandEasternEurope.'Animportant,provocativetheory,withmuchoriginalityandrichlydocumented...itisextremelywellwritten,despitecontainingboththeoryandawealthofempiricalinformation.Itcariessubstantiallearninglightly'-MichaelMann,"AmericanJournalofSociology".'Admirable...Thoughtfulandscrupulous'-BasilDavidson,"JournalofInternationalAffairs".'AdmirersofCharlesTilly'sworkonEuropeanhistorywillnowhaveevenmoretoadmire-anothergenuinebreakthrough...Straightforward,enlightened,andpowerful'-JackA.Goldstone,"ContemporarySociology".

【作者简介】

CharlesTillyisUniversityDistinguishedProfessorattheNewSchoolforSocialResearch,wherehedirectstheCentreforStudiesofSocialChange.

【目录】

Preface.
1. Cities and States in World History.
2. European Cities and States.
3. How War Made States, and Vice Versa.
4. States and their Citizens.
5. Lineages of the National State.
6. The European State System.
7. Soldiers and States in 1990.
References.
Index.