The Sources of Social Power: Volume 1, A History of Power from the Beginning to AD 1760 2nd Edition Hardback (Sources of Social Power, 2nd Edition) - Hardcover

Reviews of the first edition: 'The ambition of the conception is, against all conventional expectations, matched by the clarity and grandeur of the execution.' The Times Literary Supplement

'This work offers a treasure trove of facts and interpretations that will be useful to readers in many disciplines ...' Choice

'This is a book in the grand Weberian tradition. Mann's conceptual skills and historical grasp are virtuosic and the scope of his enterprise is truly impressive.' Politics and Society

'... an impressively learned, wise, and judicious study. It is a major work – perhaps a great work – and will be a landmark, for sure.' William H. McNeill, University of Chicago

'... a unique brand of historical sociology that is refreshingly iconoclastic, remarkably complex, and breathtakingly ambitious ... a must-read for comparative and historical sociologists.' Contemporary Sociology

Michael Mann is Distinguished Professor of Sociology at the University of California, Los Angeles. He is the author of Power in the 21st Century: Conversations with John Hall (2011), Incoherent Empire (2003) and Fascists (Cambridge University Press, 2004). His book The Dark Side of Democracy (Cambridge University Press, 2004) was awarded the Barrington Moore Award of the American Sociological Association for the best book in comparative and historical sociology in 2006.