Coercion, Capital and European States: AD 990 - 1992
"Closely argued and thought-provoking book."Economic History Review"Tilly's thesis is presented with great lucidity... contributed to perform a service not merely for historians, but for mankind."French History"An important, provocative theory, with much originality and richly documented .... extremely well written."American Journal of Sociology"This is a good and important book. It is well written, and it presents the complex history of European state formation over a time span of one thousand years in a most understandable way. With a profound knowledge of history and an amazing compository skill, Tilly takes his readers by the hand and leads them."International Review of Social History