Coercion, Capital and European States, A.D.990-1990 by Charles Tilly

Coercion, Capital and European States, A.D.990-1990 by Charles Tilly

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An analysis of the formation of nationalities in Europe over a thousand years, explained in terms of the level and concentration of capital and the use of coercion. The author finishes by examining contemporary state formation across the world in the light of the European experience.

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Coercion, Capital and European States, A.D.990-1990 by Charles Tilly

An analysis of the formation of nationalities in Europe over a thousand years, explained in terms of the level and concentration of capital and the use of coercion. The author finishes by examining contemporary state formation across the world in the light of the European experience.
Tilly, Charles: - Charles Tilly (PhD Harvard, 1958) taught at the University of Delaware, Harvard University, the University of Toronto, the University of Michigan, and the New School for Social Research before becoming Joseph L. Buttenwieser Professor of Social Science at Columbia University. A member of the National Academy of Sciences, the American Philosophical Society, and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, he has published fifty books and monographs. His books from Cambridge University Press include Dynamics of Contention (with Doug McAdam and Sidney Tarrow, 2001), Silence and Voice in the Study of Contentious Politics (with Ronald Aminzade and others, 2001), The Politics of Collective Violence (2003), Contention and Democracy in Europe, 1650-2000 (2004), and Trust and Rule (2005).
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ISBN 13 9781557860675
ISBN 10 155786067X
Title Coercion, Capital and European States, A.D.990-1990
Author Charles Tilly
Series Studies In Social Discontinuity
Condition Unavailable
Binding Type Hardback
Publisher John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Year published 1990-05-03
Number of pages 288
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