Social Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy: Lord and Peasant in the Making of the Modern World
Lord and Peasant in the Making of the Modern World\ New Foreword by Edward Friedman and James C. Scott\ "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." -The New York Times Book Review
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Lord and Peasant in the Making of the Modern WorldNew Foreword by Edward Friedman and James C. Scott"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." -The New York Times Book Review
ForewordPreface and AcknowledgmentsPt. 1Revolutionary Origins of Capitalist DemocracyCh. IEngland and the Contributions of Violence to GradualismCh. IIEvolution and Revolution in FranceCh. IIIThe American Civil War: The Last Capitalist RevolutionPt. 2Three Routes to the Modern World in AsiaNote: Problems in Comparing European and Asian Political ProcessesCh. IVThe Decay of Imperial China and the Origins of the Communist VariantCh. VAsian Fascism: JapanCh. VIDemocracy in Asia: India and the Price of Peaceful ChangePt. 3Theoretical Implications and ProjectionsCh. VIIThe Democratic Route to Modern SocietyCh. VIIIRevolution from Above and FascismCh. IXThe Peasants and RevolutionEpilogue: Reactionary and Revolutionary ImageryAppendix: A Note on Statistics and Conservative HistoriographyBibliographyIndex
