The Sources of Social Power: Volume 1, A History of Power from the Beginning to AD 1760
- ISBN-10
- 052131349X
- ISBN-13
- 9780521313490
- Series
- The Sources of Social Power
- Category
- Social Science
- Pages
- 560
- Language
- English
- Published
- 1986-04-30
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Author
- Michael Mann
Description
This study of the nature of power in human societies identifies the four principal "sources" of power as being control over economic, ideological, military and political resources. The author examines inter-relations between these elements from neolithic times, through ancient Near Eastern civilizations, the classical Mediterranean age, and medieval Europe, up to just before the Industrial Revolution in England.
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