The Sources of Social Power, Vol. 2: The Rise of Classes and Nation States, 1760-1914
"The ambition of the conception is, against all conventional expectations, matched by the clarity and grandeur of the execution."   The Times Literary Supplement"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"...the detail and scale of the work ensure that readers will find it informative and useful....intriguing and educative."   Chris Sparks, American Journal of Sociology"Not the least of Mann's achievements is his ability to gather and analyze comparable statistical material for much of this period for all five states....The insights and observations produced by Mann's fecund mind as it ranges over a century-and-a-half for five major countries are legion....Mann packs so much historical and comparative synthesis into his book and is so widely knowledgeable about social and state development in Europe and America that no student of comparative or historical sociology or state building will want to ignore it."   Sidney Tarrow, American Political Science Review"This work offers a treasure trove of facts and interpretations that will be useful to readers in many disciplines...."   Choice"...a unique brand of historical sociology that is refreshingly iconoclastic, remarkably complex, and breathtakingly ambitious....a must-read for comparative and historical sociologists."   Philip S. Gorski, Contemporary Sociology