The Formation of National States in Western Europe. (SPD–8), Volume 8 (Studies in Political Development) - Softcover

Tilly, Charles

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0691007721 ISBN 13: 9780691007724

Publisher: Princeton University Press, 2020

Synopsis

Studies of political development have traditionally focused on emerging countries with the shortest histories and poorest documentary records. This book brings the discussion into a realm where the time span is considerable and the documentation is vast--the formation of national states in western Europe.

Through a series of essays on major state-making activities, the authors ask what processes and preconditions brought powerful national states, rather than some other form of political organization, into a dominant position in western Europe.

The essays compare the experience of major European states between 1500 and 1900 with respect to war-making, policing, taxation, control of food supply, and recruitment and training of professionals and officials. The aim is to determine how well that experience fits available models of political change, especially ideas of political development.

About this edition

• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Publication date: 2020
• ISBN 10: 0691007721
• ISBN 13: 9780691007724
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 711