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This is the first part of a three-volume work on the nature of power in human societies. In it, Michael Mann identifies the four principal 'sources' of power as being control over economic, ideological, military, and political resources. He examines the interrelations between these in a narrative history of power from Neolithic times, through ancient Near Eastern civilisations, the classical Mediterranean age, and medieval Europe, up to just before the Industrial Revolution in England. Rejecting

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Author

Michael Mann. --

Publisher

Cambridge University Press (Virtual Publishing)

Published

1986

Language

EN

ISBN

9781107655478

Category

social science

Subjects

Sociology, History, Social Science

Rating

4 / 5 (1 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-24