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aeo In contrast to many books concerned with modernity/postmodernity debates which focus on the cultural sphere, John Hall examines the key institutional structures and processes of modernity. aeo In particular, the book examines the form and character of capitalism, war, late development, civil society and the causes and collapse of socialism.

Table of Contents
Acknowledgements.

Introduction.

1. Capstones and Organisms.

2. A Curious Stability.

3. An Absolute Collapse.

4. State Power and Patterns of Late Development (written with Ding-Xin Zhao).

5. Consolidations of Democracy.

6. Nationalisms, Classified and Explained.

7. Will the United States Decline as Britain did?.

8. The Weary Titan? Arms and Empire, 1870-1913.

Conclusion: The State of Post-Modernism.

Index.

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      Publisher: John Wiley and Sons Ltd
      Publication Date: 12/09/1994
      ISBN13: 9780745611952, 978-0745611952
      ISBN10: 0745611958
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      aeo In contrast to many books concerned with modernity/postmodernity debates which focus on the cultural sphere, John Hall examines the key institutional structures and processes of modernity. aeo In particular, the book examines the form and character of capitalism, war, late development, civil society and the causes and collapse of socialism.

      Table of Contents
      Acknowledgements.

      Introduction.

      1. Capstones and Organisms.

      2. A Curious Stability.

      3. An Absolute Collapse.

      4. State Power and Patterns of Late Development (written with Ding-Xin Zhao).

      5. Consolidations of Democracy.

      6. Nationalisms, Classified and Explained.

      7. Will the United States Decline as Britain did?.

      8. The Weary Titan? Arms and Empire, 1870-1913.

      Conclusion: The State of Post-Modernism.

      Index.

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