The Sources of Social Power: Volume 3, Global Empires and Revolution, 1890–1945
Author | : Michael Mann |
Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
Total Pages | : 519 |
Release | : 2012-09-17 |
ISBN-10 | : 9781139561259 |
ISBN-13 | : 1139561251 |
Rating | : 4/5 (251 Downloads) |
Download or read book The Sources of Social Power: Volume 3, Global Empires and Revolution, 1890–1945 written by Michael Mann and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2012-09-17 with total page 519 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.