The Power of Scale: A Global History ApproachM.E. Sharpe, 2003 - Всего страниц: 297 Cover -- Half Title -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Table of Contents -- List of Tables and Figures -- Foreword -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1. Introduction: Imperia and the Power of Scale -- Imperia, Social Power, and Scale -- Three Cultural Worlds: Tribal, Imperial, and Commercial -- Great Cultural Transformations -- Quality of Life in the Tribal World -- The Irreducible Minimum in the Tribal World -- Political Imperia and Conditional Rights in the Imperial World -- The Commercial World and Capitalism -- 2. Imperia in Three Worlds -- Domestic Imperia in the Amazon Rain Forest: The Ashaninka -- Circles of Kings: Political Imperia in Southeast Asian Kingdoms -- The Thai Kingdom, 1782-1932 -- Modern Thai and Balinese Imperia -- Commercial Imperia: The United States, 1998 -- 3. Why Scale Matters -- Power Laws, Energy, and the Disproportions of Scale -- The Illusion of Evolutionary Progress -- Culture, Biology, and the Problem of Size -- Human Community, Society, and Scale -- Scale Limits in the Tribal World: Australian Bands -- Scale Limits to Power in the Tribal World: The Ashaninka -- The Power of Scale in the Urbanization Process -- Bureaucracy and Domination -- Scale, Imperia, and Growth Trajectories -- 4. The Political Elite Take Power -- Crossing the Great Divide from Tribal to Imperial Worlds -- Village Headman to Divine King in Southeast Asia -- Beyond 500: Scalar Stress and Urban Growth -- Elite Payoff: Mates, Servants, and Palaces -- Strategies of Domination in the Ancient Imperial World -- The Romans: Conquerors and Slaves in a Legionary Economy -- 5. The Rise of European Commercial Elites -- Urban Growth and the Origins of Capitalism, 1100-1600 -- Medieval City-States and the Medici Imperium -- Crisis as Opportunity: England, 1500-1688 -- Landed and Monied Interests in the London Financial Revolution, 1600-1900. |
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Introduction Imperia and the Power of Scale | 3 |
Imperia Social Power and Scale | 4 |
Tribal Imperial and Commercial | 6 |
Great Cultural Transformations | 8 |
Quality of Life in the Tribal World | 13 |
The Irreducible Minimum in the Tribal World | 15 |
Political Imperia and Conditional Rights in the Imperial World | 18 |
The Commercial World and Capitalism | 22 |
Summary and Assessment | 135 |
The Power Elite in Action Americas Commercial Revolution 17871945 | 137 |
Founding Fathers and the Constitution | 138 |
The Rise of Big Business | 143 |
Boston New York and Philadelphia | 148 |
JJ Astor Real Estate and the Fur Empire | 150 |
The Rail Empires 18401870 | 152 |
American Financial Imperia | 155 |
Imperia in Three Worlds | 28 |
Political Imperia in Southeast Asian Kingdoms | 33 |
The Thai Kingdom 17821932 | 37 |
Modern Thai and Balinese Imperia | 44 |
The United States 1998 | 45 |
Why Scale Matters | 54 |
Power Laws Energy and the Disproportions of Scale | 55 |
The Illusion of Evolutionary Progress | 61 |
Culture Biology and the Problem of Size | 64 |
Human Community Society and Scale | 66 |
Australian Bands | 67 |
The Ashaninka | 70 |
The Power of Scale in the Urbanization Process | 71 |
Bureaucracy and Domination | 74 |
Scale Imperia and Growth Trajectories | 76 |
The Political Elite Take Power | 79 |
Crossing the Great Divide from Tribal to Imperial Worlds | 81 |
Village Headman to Divine King in Southeast Asia | 84 |
Scalar Stress and Urban Growth | 87 |
Mates Servants and Palaces | 91 |
Strategies of Domination in the Ancient Imperial World | 96 |
Conquerors and Slaves in a Legionary Economy | 101 |
The Rise of European Commercial Elites | 104 |
Urban Growth and the Origins of Capitalism 11001600 | 105 |
Medieval CityStates and the Medici Imperium | 108 |
England 15001688 | 110 |
Landed and Monied Interests in the London Financial Revolution 16001900 | 115 |
Merchant Capitalists Transform the World | 117 |
The Business of Government in the FiscalMilitary State | 123 |
Canals Pots Guns and Lobbies | 125 |
The Power of Scale in Britain AD 10662000 | 127 |
Grosvenors Rothschilds and Bonapartes | 131 |
Rockefeller Imperium and the Fossil Fuel Revolution | 157 |
Factory Farms and the American Food System | 158 |
The Triumph of Cars over Rails | 160 |
SuperElite Lifestyles | 164 |
CounterImperia Imagining Alternative Worlds | 170 |
Tribals Against the State | 171 |
Platos Republic and Medieval Utopias | 174 |
Regicides Levelers and Luddites | 178 |
Thomas Paine and the Rights of Man | 182 |
Anarchists Owenites and Fourierists | 185 |
Did Early Industrial Growth Benefit the English Poor? | 188 |
Marxists and Totalitarianists | 192 |
American Populists and Progressives Challenge Big Business | 194 |
Utopian Capitalists Constructing and Reconstructing the World Order 19452000 | 199 |
The UN IMF and World Bank | 201 |
The Rockefeller Panel Reports | 204 |
Ending Poverty Through Globalization | 208 |
Feeding the Commercial World | 218 |
Wealth Growth Wealth | 221 |
Elite Power in the Global Market Society | 228 |
Wriston Citicorp and the Globalization of Finance Capital | 230 |
Beyond 2000 An OptimalScale Commercial World | 233 |
Scale Thresholds and the Good Life | 234 |
Small Scale in Colonial New England | 239 |
How America Overshot the Optimum | 240 |
When Is Big Too Big? | 240 |
Market Scale and Social Power in American Urban Places | 248 |
The Indigenous People Challenge | 254 |
Conclusion | 258 |
References | 259 |
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