Coercion, Capital and European States, A.D.990-1992
Douban
Charles Tilly
résumé
In this pathbreaking work, now available in paperback, Charles Tilly challenges all previous formulations of state development in Europe. Specifically, Tilly charges that most available explanations fail because they do not account for the great variety of kinds of states which were viable at different stages of European history, and because they assume a unilinear path of state development resolving in today's national state.
contents
Preface.
1. Cities and States in World History.
2. European Cities and States.
3. How War Made States, and Vice Versa.
4. States and their Citizens.
5. Lineages of the National State.
6. The European State System.
7. Soldiers and States in 1990.
References.
Index.
