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Macrohistory : essays in sociology of the long run / Randall Collins.

By: Publication details: Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, c1999.Description: 312 p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0804735239 (alk. paper)
  • 0804736006 (paper : alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 301 COL 21
LOC classification:
  • D16.8 .C5925 1999
Online resources:
Contents:
Contents List of figures Introduction: the golden age of macrohistorical sociology 1. Maturation of the state-cantered theory of revolution and ideology 2. The geopolitical basis of revolution: the prediction of the Soviet collapse 3. Balkanization’ or 'Americanization': a geopolitical theory of ethni Change 4. Democratization from the outside in: a geopolitical theory of collegial power 5. German-bashing and the theory of democratic modernization 6. Market dynamics as the engine of historical change 7. An Asian route to capitalism Appendices Notes Bibliography Index.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [291]-306) and index.

Contents
List of figures
Introduction: the golden age of macrohistorical sociology
1. Maturation of the state-cantered theory of revolution and ideology
2. The geopolitical basis of revolution: the prediction of the Soviet collapse
3. Balkanization’ or 'Americanization': a geopolitical theory of ethni
Change
4. Democratization from the outside in: a geopolitical theory of collegial power
5. German-bashing and the theory of democratic modernization
6. Market dynamics as the engine of historical change
7. An Asian route to capitalism
Appendices
Notes
Bibliography
Index.