This third volume of Michael Mann's analytical history of social power begins with nineteenth-century global empires and continues with a global history of the

This second volume deals with power relations between the Industrial Revolution and the First World War.

Distinguishing four sources of power - ideological, economic, military and political - this series traces their interrelations throughout human history. This th

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

Distinguishing four sources of power in human societies - ideological, economic, military and political - 'The Sources of Social Power' traces their interrelati