The Sources of Social Power: Volume 3, Global Empires and Revolution, 1890 1945

By Michael Mann

Book Overview

Distinguishing four sources of power - ideological, economic, military, and political - this series traces their interrelations throughout human history. 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.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1107028655
• ISBN13: 9781107028654
• Release Date: September 2012
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 520 Pages
• Weight: 1.90 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.3" x 9.1"