ISBN:
9781107028654
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9781107655478
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9781139555050
Language:
English
Pages:
viii, 510 p
Edition:
Online-Ausg. 2011 Available via World Wide Web
Parallel Title:
Print version The Sources of Social Power, Volume 3
DDC:
306.09
Keywords:
Electronic books
Abstract:
Includes bibliographical references and index
Abstract:
Third volume of Michael Mann's analytical history of social power focusing on the interrelated development of capitalism, nation-states and empires
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; The sources of social power; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; 1 Introduction; The Sources of Social Power; 2 Globalization imperially fractured: The British Empire; Introduction: Types of empire; Why were the Europeans so good at imperialism?; Did the British empire do anyone any good?; British expansion and military power; Economic power relations: A global economy?; The jewel in the crown: Economic power relations in India; Political power relations in the colonies; Ideological power relations in the colonies; The weakening of empires
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3 America and its empire in the Progressive Era, 1890-1930Imperialism phase 1: Continental empire, 1783-1883; The Second Industrial Revolution; The Progressives: Modernization versus redistribution; Labor movement but no working class; Redistributions achieved:Education, gender; Racial regress; The conservative 1920s; Imperialism phase 2: Hemispheric empire 1898-1930s; The Cuban colony; The Filipino colony; Why colonies were temporary; Informal empire with gunboats; Conclusion; 4 Asian empires: Fallen dragon, rising sun; Introduction: The Western Threat; The rising sun
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The emergence of japanese imperialismEnfeebled dragon; Japan: Colonial sunshine; The Japanese debate over imperialism; Conclusion to Chapters 2-4: Three empires; 5 Half-global crisis: World War I ; Why did the Soldiers Fight?; Total war; The impact on civilians: Support for the war; The impact on civilians: Suffering and class conflict; Conclusion: A pointless Great War; 6 Explaining revolutions: Phase 1, proletarian revolutions, 1917-1923; Introduction: Theories of revolution; Reform and revolution in the early twentieth century; The Bolshevik Revolution; War and European labor movements
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Germany: Failed revolution, precarious reform(2) Austria: Failed revolution, urban reform; (3) Hungary: Revolution and counter revolution; A brief note on Italy; Conclusion; 7 A half-global crisis: Explaining the Great Depression; Introduction; The impact of World War I; Postwar geopolitics: Hegemony and the gold standard; From recession to Great Depression; Economists debate the causes; Ideological power: Contemporary theories of the depression; Conclusion; 8 The new deal: America shifts left; Introduction: The left into power; Five Sociological theories
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New Deal goals: Recovery, Regulation, Relief - and ReelectionReform: Class Struggle and Political Opportunity; The Wagner Act and labor unions; The Social Security Act and the welfare state; New Deal limitations: Gender, race, dualism; Labor relations in the late 1930s: Ambiguous outcome; Conclusion; 9 The development of social citizenship in capitalist democracies; Introduction: The triumph of reformed capitalism; Current theories of welfare states; Phase 1: Development up to World War I; Phase 2: Interwar trajectories: (a) The Anglos; Phase 2: Interwar trajectories: (b) The Nordics
Description / Table of Contents:
Phase 2: Interwar trajectories: (c) The Euros
Description / Table of Contents:
Cover; The sources of social power; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; 1 Introduction; The Sources of Social Power; 2 Globalization imperially fractured: The British Empire; Introduction: Types of empire; Why were the Europeans so good at imperialism?; Did the British empire do anyone any good?; British expansion and military power; Economic power relations: A global economy?; The jewel in the crown: Economic power relations in India; Political power relations in the colonies; Ideological power relations in the colonies; The weakening of empires; 3 America and its empire in the Progressive Era, 1890-1930Imperialism phase 1: Continental empire, 1783-1883; The Second Industrial Revolution; The Progressives: Modernization versus redistribution; Labor movement but no working class; Redistributions achieved:Education, gender; Racial regress; The conservative 1920s; Imperialism phase 2: Hemispheric empire 1898-1930s; The Cuban colony; The Filipino colony; Why colonies were temporary; Informal empire with gunboats; Conclusion; 4 Asian empires: Fallen dragon, rising sun; Introduction: The Western Threat; The rising sun; The emergence of japanese imperialismEnfeebled dragon; Japan: Colonial sunshine; The Japanese debate over imperialism; Conclusion to Chapters 2-4: Three empires; 5 Half-global crisis: World War I; Why did the Soldiers Fight?; Total war; The impact on civilians: Support for the war; The impact on civilians: Suffering and class conflict; Conclusion: A pointless Great War; 6 Explaining revolutions: Phase 1, proletarian revolutions, 1917-1923; Introduction: Theories of revolution; Reform and revolution in the early twentieth century; The Bolshevik Revolution; War and European labor movements ...
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