MICHAEL MANN
The sources of social power
vo l u m e 3
Global empires and revolution, 1890–1945
Distinguishing four sources of power in human societies – ideolog-
ical, economic, military, and political – this series traces their inter-
relations throughout history. This third volume of Michael Mann’s
analytical history of social power begins with nineteenth-century
global empires and continues with a global history of the twentieth
century up to 1945. Mann focuses on the interrelated development of
capitalism, nation-states, and empires. Volume 3 discusses the “Great
Divergence” between the fortunes of the West and the rest of the
world; the self-destruction of European and Japanese power in two
world wars; the Great Depression; the rise of American and Soviet
power; the rivalry between capitalism, socialism, and fascism; and
the triumph of a reformed and democratic capitalism.
Michael Mann is Distinguished Professor of Sociology at the
University of California, Los Angeles. He is the author of Power in
the 21st Century: Conversations with John Hall (2011), Incoherent
Empire (2003), and Fascists (Cambridge 2004). His book The Dark
Side of Democracy (Cambridge 2004) was awarded the Barrington
Moore Award of the American Sociological Association for the best
book in comparative and historical sociology in 2006.
The sources of social power
volume 3
Global empires and revolution,
1890–1945
MiCHAEL MAnn
University of California, Los Angeles
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