Twenty Years of the Journal of Historical Sociology (eBook, PDF)

Volume 1: Essays on the British State
Redaktion: Wong, Yoke-Sum; Sayer, Derek

• Format: PDF

Produktbeschreibung

Over the last twenty years the Journal of Historical Sociology has redefined what historical sociology can be. These essays by internationally distinguished historians, sociologists, anthropologists and geographers bring together the very best of the JHS. Volume 1 focuses on the British state, Volume 2 on the journal's wider interdisciplinary challenges. * The first in a two-volume anthology representing the best articles published in The Journal of Historical Sociology over the last twenty years. * Includes essays, debates and responses written by internationally distinguished historians, sociologists, anthropologists and geographers as well as by pioneering newer scholars have been influential in challenging and redefining the field of historical sociology. * Spans a range of issues and topics that combine rich empirical scholarship with sophisticated theoretical engagement, bringing together the very best of the JHS. * A collection of essays on state formation from medieval times to the present, focussing mainly on the British state.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 23. März 2009
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781444309713
• Artikelnr.: 38305915

Autorenporträt

Yoke-Sum Wong is a Lecturer in Sociology at Lancaster University, UK. Derek Sayer is Professor of Cultural History at Lancaster University, UK. He is the author of ten books including The Coasts of Bohemia: A Czech History, Capitalism and Modernity, and with Philip Corrigan, The Great Arch .

Inhaltsangabe

Foreword: A Curious Little Magazine.
Introduction.
Part I: Perspectives:.
1. Notes on the Difficulty of Studying The State: Philip Abrams (JHS Vol.
1, No. 1, 1988).
2. The Genesis of American Capitalism: An Historical Inquiry Into State
Theory: Claude Denis (JHS Vol. 2, No. 4, 1989).
3. Who Needs The Nation? Interrogating "British" History: Antoinette Burton
(JHS Vol. 10, No. 3, 1997).
Part II: Studies:.
4. The Peculiarities of the English State: G.E. Aylmer (JHS Vol. 3, No. 2,
1990).
5. Engla Lond: The Making of an Allegiance: Patrick Wormald (JHS Vol. 7,
No. 1, 1994).
6. The Beginnings of English Imperialism: John Gillingham (JHS Vol. 5, No.
4, 1992).
7. The English State and the 'Celtic' Peoples 1100-1400: Rees Davis (JHS
Vol. 6, No. 1, 1993).
8. Hand and Mouth: Information Gathering and Use in England in the Later
Middle Ages: Colin Richmond (JHS Vol. 1, No. 3, 1988).
9. Civilizing Northumberland: Representations of Englishness in the Tudor
State: Steven G. Ellis (JHS Vol. 12, No. 2, 1999).
10. Science, Power, Bodies: The Mobilization of Nature as State Formation:
Patrick Carroll (JHS Vol. 9, No. 2, 1996).
11. The Rise of the Information State: The Development of Central State
Surveillance of the Citizen in England, 1500-2000: Edward Higgs (JHS Vol.
14, No. 2, 2001).
Part III: Debates:.
When/What Was the English State?:.
12. Gerald Aylmer And DGOS: Derek Sayer (JHS Vol. 15, No. 1, 2002).
13. When/What Was the English State: The Later Middle Ages?: Colin Richmond
(JHS Vol. 15, No. 1, 2002).
14. 'The State as Monarchical Commonwealth': 'Tudor' England: Patrick
Collinson (JHS Vol.15, No 1, 2002).
15. The Medieval State: The Tyranny Of A Concept?: Rees Davis (JHS Vol.16,
No. 2, 2003).
16. There Were States in Medieval Europe: A Response to Rees Davis: Susan
Reynolds (JHS Vol. 16, No. 4, 2003).
The Ghost of Max Weber:.
17. Contentions of the Purse between England and its European Rivals from
Henry V To George IV: A Conversation With Michael Mann: Patrick Karl
O'Brien (JHS Vol. 19, No. 4, 2006).
18. Putting the Weberian State in its Social, Geopolitical and Militaristic
Context: A Response To Patrick O'Brien: Michael Mann (JHS Vol. 19, No. 4,
2006).
Index