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Record Nr.

UNINA9910166956603321

Autore

Shlapentokh Vladimir

Titolo

Feudal America : elements of the Middle Ages in contemporary society / / Vladimir Shlapentokh and Joshua Woods

Pubbl/distr/stampa

University Park, Pennsylvania : , : Pennsylvania State University Press, , [2011]

©2011

ISBN

0-271-05674-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (x, 170 pages )

Disciplina

306.097309051

Soggetti

SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General

Electronic books.

United States Social conditions 21st century

United States Economic conditions 21st century

United States Politics and government 21st century

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

The feudal model in social analysis : from medieval Europe to contemporary America -- Feudal, liberal, and authoritarian models as tools for analyzing the middle ages and contemporary American society -- Big money and corporations as promoters of feudal tendencies -- The feudal model and the organizational level of analysis -- Private coercion : a feudal aspect of contemporary American society -- Personal relations in American politics and business : a feudal phenomenon.

Sommario/riassunto

"Uses a feudal model to analyze contemporary American society, comparing its essential characteristics to those of medieval European societies"--Provided by publisher.