The sources of social power. Volume 3, Global empires and revolution, 1890-1945.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

Cover -- The sources of social power -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- 1 Introduction -- The Sources of Social Power -- 2 Globalization imperially fractured: The British Empire -- Introduction: Types of empire -- Why were the Europeans so good at imperialism? -- Did the British empire do anyone any good? -- British expansion and military power -- Economic power relations: A global economy? -- The jewel in the crown: Economic power relations in India -- Political power relations in the colonies -- Ideological power relations in the colonies -- The weakening of empires -- 3 America and its empire in the Progressive Era, 1890-1930 -- Imperialism phase 1: Continental empire, 1783-1883 -- The Second Industrial Revolution -- The Progressives: Modernization versus redistribution -- Labor movement but no working class -- Redistributions achieved:Education, gender -- Racial regress -- The conservative 1920s -- Imperialism phase 2: Hemispheric empire 1898-1930s -- The Cuban colony -- The Filipino colony -- Why colonies were temporary -- Informal empire with gunboats -- Conclusion -- 4 Asian empires: Fallen dragon, rising sun -- Introduction: The Western Threat -- The rising sun -- The emergence of japanese imperialism -- Enfeebled dragon -- Japan: Colonial sunshine -- The Japanese debate over imperialism -- Conclusion to Chapters 2-4: Three empires -- 5 Half-global crisis: World War I -- Why did the Soldiers Fight? -- Total war -- The impact on civilians: Support for the war -- The impact on civilians: Suffering and class conflict -- Conclusion: A pointless Great War -- 6 Explaining revolutions: Phase 1, proletarian revolutions, 1917-1923 -- Introduction: Theories of revolution -- Reform and revolution in the early twentieth century -- The Bolshevik Revolution -- War and European labor movements.

Germany: Failed revolution, precarious reform -- (2) Austria: Failed revolution, urban reform -- (3) Hungary: Revolution and counter revolution -- A brief note on Italy -- Conclusion -- 7 A half-global crisis: Explaining the Great Depression -- Introduction -- The impact of World War I -- Postwar geopolitics: Hegemony and the gold standard -- From recession to Great Depression -- Economists debate the causes -- Ideological power: Contemporary theories of the depression -- Conclusion -- 8 The new deal: America shifts left -- Introduction: The left into power -- Five Sociological theories -- New Deal goals: Recovery, Regulation, Relief -- and Reelection -- Reform: Class Struggle and Political Opportunity -- The Wagner Act and labor unions -- The Social Security Act and the welfare state -- New Deal limitations: Gender, race, dualism -- Labor relations in the late 1930s: Ambiguous outcome -- Conclusion -- 9 The development of social citizenship in capitalist democracies -- Introduction: The triumph of reformed capitalism -- Current theories of welfare states -- Phase 1: Development up to World War I -- Phase 2: Interwar trajectories: (a) The Anglos -- Phase 2: Interwar trajectories: (b) The Nordics -- Phase 2: Interwar trajectories: (c) The Euros -- Interwar employers -- Electoral systems -- Conclusion -- 10 The Fascist alternative, 1918-1945 -- Introduction -- Fascism defined -- The rise of fascism -- The two Europes -- Explanation: Four crises in the two Europes -- Fascists in power -- Was fascism much of an alternative? -- 11 The Soviet alternative, 1918-1945 -- Securing the revolution -- The Stalinist single party state -- Stalin's atrocities -- The economic balance sheet -- The impact of communism abroad -- 12 Japanese imperialism, 1930-1945 -- Ratcheting up militarism -- Was Japan fascist? -- First Chinese dragon reviving: The Kuomintang.

Empires of the Sun and of the Eagle -- Conclusion -- 13 Explaining the Chinese revolution -- Early trials and tribulations -- The peasant problem -- Communist organizational strategies -- The Vanguard Communist Party -- Civil War and victory -- China and theories of revolution -- 14 The last interimperial war, 1939-1945 -- Causes -- Appeasement -- War: The fall of France -- British survival -- The decisive Eastern Front -- Victory -- 15 Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index.

This third volume of Michael Mann's analytical history of social power focuses on the interrelated development of capitalism, nation-states and empires.

English.

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