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Clark Samuel <1945-> |
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State and status : the rise of the state and aristocratic power in Western Europe / / Samuel Clark |
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Montreal [Que.] : , : McGill-Queen's University Press, , 1995 |
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©1995 |
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ISBN |
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1-282-85712-6 |
9786612857126 |
0-7735-6495-0 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (xiii, 502 pages) : illustrations, maps |
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Disciplina |
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Aristocracy (Political science) - Europe - History - 18th century |
Power (Social sciences) - Europe - History - 18th century |
Aristocracy (Political science) - Europe - History |
Power (Social sciences) - Europe - History |
State, The |
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Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [441]-478) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Front Matter -- Contents -- Tables, Maps, and Figures -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- Centres and Peripheries -- France -- Lotharingia -- The British Isles -- Conclusion -- Aristocratic Power -- The Decline of Lordship -- Status Power -- Economic Power -- Political Power -- Cultural Power -- Conclusion -- Epilogue -- Terms and Concepts -- Methodological Problems with the Analysis of Careers of Men Listed in Dictionary of National Biography -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Arguing that states emerged in Western Europe as powerful political-geographical centres rather than nation-states or national states, Samuel Clark examines and compares the centres and peripheries of these two large regional zones, focusing not only on England and France but also on Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Savoy, and the Southern Low Countries. This wide-ranging and multifaceted work shows how the state shaped the aristocracy and transformed its political, economic, cultural, and status power. From a theoretical perspective, |
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State and Status is both innovative and significant; Clark is the first to link the anti-functionalist historical sociology of Western Europe with the functionalist or neofunctionalist tradition in sociology. |
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