Feudal America
Subtitle: elements of the middle ages in contemporary society
By: Vladimir Shlapentokh and Joshua Woods
Contributors: Woods, Joshua
Publisher: Pennsylvania State University Press
Published: 2011
Place of publication: University Park, Pa
Language: eng
Number of pages: 170
ISBN-13: 9780271037813
Description: "Uses a feudal model to analyze contemporary American society, comparing its essential characteristics to those of medieval European societies"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: The feudal model in social analysis : from medieval Europe to contemporary America; title: Feudal, liberal, and authoritarian models as tools for analyzing the middle ages and contemporary American society; title: Big money and corporations as promoters of feudal tendencies; title: The feudal model and the organizational level of analysis; title: Private coercion : a feudal aspect of contemporary American society; title: Personal relations in American politics and business : a feudal phenomenon.