Social Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy Lord and Peasant in the Making of the Modern World

Name: Social Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy Lord and Peasant in the Making of the Modern World
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ISBN: 9780807050736

ISBN-10: 0807050733

ISBN-13: 9780807050736

Edition: 1993

Authors: Barrington Moore, Barrington Moore, James C. Scott, James C. Scott

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Lord and Peasant in the Making of the Modern World New Foreword by Edward Friedman and James C. Scott "A landmark in comparative history and a challenge to scholars of all lands who are trying to learn how we arrived at where we are now." -The New York Times Book Review

Book details

List price: $30.00
Copyright year: 1993
Publisher: Beacon Press
Publication date: 9/1/1993
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 586
Size: 5.40" wide x 8.00" long x 1.20" tall
Weight: 1.496
Language: English

Robert J. Shiller is the Stanley B. Resor Professor of Economics at Yale University. Also the author of the award-winning "Macro Markets" as well as "Market Volatility", he lives in New Haven, Connecticut.



Foreword


Preface and Acknowledgments



Revolutionary Origins of Capitalist Democracy



England and the Contributions of Violence to Gradualism



Evolution and Revolution in France



The American Civil War: The Last Capitalist Revolution



Three Routes to the Modern World in Asia


Note: Problems in Comparing European and Asian Political Processes



The Decay of Imperial China and the Origins of the Communist Variant



Asian Fascism: Japan



Democracy in Asia: India and the Price of Peaceful Change



Theoretical Implications and Projections



The Democratic Route to Modern Society



Revolution from Above and Fascism



The Peasants and Revolution


Epilogue: Reactionary and Revolutionary Imagery


Appendix: A Note on Statistics and Conservative Historiography


Bibliography


Index