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Collins, Randall, 1941-

Macrohistory : essays in sociology of the long run / Randall Collins. - Stanford, Calif. : Stanford University Press, c1999. - 312 p. ; 24 cm.

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.



ISBN: 0804735239 (alk. paper) 0804736006 (paper : alk. paper)

LCCN: 99031771

Subjects--Topical Terms:
History--Philosophy.
History--Methodology.

LC Class. No.: D16.8 / .C5925 1999

Dewey Class. No.: 301 COL