Mann Michael. The sources of social power. Volume III: The rise of classes and nation-states, 1760-1914

Cambridge University Press, 2012ю - 846р.Distinguishing four sources of power in human societies –ideological, economic, military, and political – The Sources of Social Power traces their interrelations throughout history. This second volume of Michael Mann’s analytical history of social power deals with power relations between the Industrial Revolution and World War I, focusing on France, Great Britain, Hapsburg Austria, Prussia/Germany, and the United States.
Based on considerable empirical research, it provides original theories of the rise of nations and nationalism, of class confl ict, of the modern state, and of modern militarism. While not afraid to generalize, it also stresses social and historical complexity. Michael Mann sees human society as “a patterned mess” and attempts to provide a sociological theory appropriate to this. This theory culminates in the fi nal chapter, an original explanation of the causes of World War I. First published in 1993, this new edition of Volume 2 includes a new preface by the author examining the impact and legacy of the work.Preface to the new edition pageEconomic and ideological power relations
A theory of the modern state
The Industrial Revolution and old regime liberalism in Britain, 1760–1880
The American Revolution and the institutionalization of confederal capitalist liberalism
The French Revolution and the bourgeois nation
Conclusion to Chapters 4–6: The emergence of classes and nations
Geopolitics and international capitalism
Struggle over Germany: I. Prussia and authoritarian national capitalism
Struggle over Germany: II. Austria and confederal representation
The rise of the modern state: I. Quantitative data
The rise of the modern state: II. The autonomy of military power
The rise of the modern state: III. Bureaucratization
The rise of the modern state: IV. The expansion of civilian scope
The resistible rise of the British working class, 1815–1880
The middle-class nation
Class struggle in the Second Industrial Revolution, 1880–1914: I. Great Britain
Class struggle in the Second Industrial Revolution, 1880–1914: II. Comparative analysis of working-class movements
Class struggle in the Second Industrial Revolution, 1880–1914: III. The peasantry
Theoretical conclusions: Classes, states, nations, and the sources of social power
Empirical culmination – over the top: Geopolitics, class struggle, and World War I
Appendix Additional tables on state fi nances and state employment