Sociology began as a historical discipline, created by Marx, Weber and others, to explain the emergence and consequences of rational, capitalist society. Today, the best historical sociology combines precision in theory-construction with the careful selection of appropriate methodologies to address ongoing debates across a range of subfields.
This innovative book explores what sociologists gain by treating temporality seriously, what we learn from placing social relations and eve...
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Acknowledgements vi
1 The Sense of a Beginning 1
2 The Origins of Capitalism 16
3 Revolutions and Social Movements 31
4 Empires 56
5 States 72
6 Inequality 86
7 Gende...
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Richard Lachmann is professor of the sociology of culture and comparative/historical sociology at the University at Albany, State University of New York. He is author o...
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