The Power of Scale: A Global History Approach
A Global History Approach
Published on 1. June 2015
296 pages
978-1-317-45523-3 (ISBN)
Description
Throughout history, the natural human inclination to accumulate social power has led to growth and scale increases that benefit the few at the expense of the many. John Bodley looks at global history through the lens of power and scale theory, and draws on history, economics, anthropology, and sociology to demonstrate how individuals have been the agents of social change, not social classes. Filled with tables and data to support his argument, this book considers how increases in scale necessarily lead to an increasingly small elite gaining disproportionate power, making democratic control more difficult to achieve and maintain.
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Language
English
Place of publication
London
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Target group
College/higher education
Product notice
Reflowable
Illustrations
tables, figures, references, index
File size
9,30 MB
ISBN-13
978-1-317-45523-3 (9781317455233)
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Other editions
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11/2002
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10/2002
1st Edition
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€79.50
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Person
John Bodley
Content
1: Introduction: Imperia and the Power of Scale; 2: Imperia in Three Worlds; 3: Why Scale Matters; 4: The Political Elite Take Power; 5: The Rise of European Commercial Elites; 6: The Power Elite in Action: America's Commercial Revolution, 1787-1945; 7: Counter-Imperia: Imagining Alternative Worlds; 8: Utopian Capitalists: Constructing and Reconstructing the World Order, 1945-2000; 9: Beyond 2000: An Optimal-Scale Commercial World
