02331pam a2200349 a 4500 2978324 BD-DhUL 20170521150048.0 990831s1999 enk b 001 0 eng 98030993 GB99-60375 052165629X paperback L.12.95 0521651905 cased hardback L.35.00 052165629x paperback DLC eng BD-DhUL Uk LC BD-DhUL 320.109 CRR Van Creveld, Martin, 1946- The rise and decline of the state / Martin van Creveld. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 1999. viii, 439 p. ; 24 cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. 1. Before the state: prehistory to AD 1300. Tribes without rulers. Tribes with rulers (chiefdoms). City-states. Empires, strong and weak. Limits of stateless societies -- 2. The rise of the state: 1300 to 1648. The struggle against the church. The struggle against the Empire. The struggle against the nobility. The struggle against the towns. The monarchs' triumph -- 3. The state as an instrument: 1648 to 1789. Building the bureaucracy. Creating the infrastructure. Monopolizing violence. The growth of political theory. Inside the Leviathan -- 4. The state as an ideal: 1789 to 1945. The Great Transformation. Disciplining the people. Conquering money. The road to total war. The apotheosis of the state -- 5. The spread of the state: 1696 to 1975. Toward Eastern Europe. The Anglo-Saxon experience. The Latin American experiment. Frustration in Asia and Africa. What everybody has ... -- 6. The decline of the state: 1975-. The waning of major war. The retreat of welfare. Technology goes international. The threat to internal order. The withdrawal of faith -- Conclusions: beyond the state. State, The. World politics. Table of contents http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/cam021/98030993.html Publisher description http://www.loc.gov/catdir/description/cam029/98030993.html Sample text http://www.loc.gov/catdir/samples/cam032/98030993.html Book review (H-Net) http://www.h-net.org/review/hrev-a0b5e4-aa ddc BK ANL YY 320.109 V217 201178 201178 0 0 ddc 0 320_109000000000000_CRR 1 NFIC 339052 DUL DUL ASC 2017-05-21 Gift 320.109 CRR 426771 2017-05-21 2017-05-21 BK