Social Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy: Lord and Peasant in the Making of the Modern World"A landmark in comparative history and a challenge to scholars of all lands who are trying to learn how we arrived at where we are now."--New York Times Book Review |
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England and the Contributions of Violence | 3 |
Evolution and Revolution in France | 40 |
Absolutism | 63 |
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