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The Ghost of Theories Past - Michael Mann, The Sources of Social Power Volume III: Global Empires and Revolution, 1890-1945 and Volume IV: Globalizations, 1945-2011 (Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2012)

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Michael Mann, The Sources of Social Power Volume III: Global Empires and Revolution, 1890-1945 and Volume IV: Globalizations, 1945-2011 (Cambridge, Cambridge University Press, 2012)

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  22 January 2014

Vivek Chibber
Vivek Chibber*
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New York University [vivek.chibber@nyu.edu]
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European Journal of Sociology / Archives Européennes de Sociologie , Volume 54 , Issue 3 , December 2013 , pp. 439 - 449
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1 See Ernest Gellner, 1988, Plough, Sword, and Book: The Structure of Human History (Chicago, University of Chicago Press), Anthony Giddens, 1981 A Contemporary Critique of Historical Materialism (Berkekey, University of California Press) and Giddens, 1985, The Nation-State and Violence (London, Polity Press); W.G. Runciman, 1983, 1987, 1997. A Treatise on Social Theory, 3 Volumes, (Cambridge, Cambridge University Press); Michael Mann, 1984, “The autonomous power of the state: its origins, mechanisms and results”, European Journal of Sociology , 25(2): 185-213.