War and Social Change in Modern Europe
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War and Social Change in Modern Europe by Sandra Halperin
Halperin traces the persistence of traditional class structures during the development of industrial capitalism in Europe, and the way in which these structures shaped states and state behavior and generated conflict. She documents European conflicts between 1789 and 1914, including small and medium scale conflicts often ignored by researchers and links these conflicts to structures characteristic of industrial capitalist development in Europe before 1945. This book revisits the historical terrain of Karl Polanyi's The Great Transformation (1944), however, it argues that Polanyi's analysis is, in important ways, inaccurate and misleading. Ultimately, the book shows how and why the conflicts both culminated in the world wars and brought about a 'great transformation' in Europe. Its account of this period challenges not only Polanyi's analysis, but a variety of influential perspectives on nationalism, development, conflict, international systems change, and globalization.
Halperin, Sandra: - Sandra Halperin is Reader in International Relations and Politics at the University of Sussex, U.K. She is the author of War and Social Change in Modern Europe: The Great Transformation Revisited and the coeditor of Global Civil Society and Its Limits.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780521540155 |
| ISBN 10 | 0521540151 |
| Title | War and Social Change in Modern Europe |
| Author | Sandra Halperin |
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| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
| Year published | 2003-11-17 |
| Number of pages | 540 |
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