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<TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD>Preface</TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>vii</TD><TD></TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=20></TD><TD>Before the state: prehistory to AD 1300</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>1</TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>(58)</TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD>Tribes without rulers</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>2</TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>(8)</TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD>Tribes with rulers (chiefdoms)</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>10</TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>(10)</TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD>City-states</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>20</TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>(15)</TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD>Empires, strong and weak</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>35</TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>(17)</TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD>Limits of stateless societies</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>52</TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>(7)</TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=20></TD><TD>The rise of the state: 1300 to 1648</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>59</TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>(67)</TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD>The struggle against the church</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>62</TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>(13)</TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD>The struggle against the Empire</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>75</TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>(12)</TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD>The struggle against the nobility</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>87</TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>(17)</TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD>The struggle against the towns</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>104</TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>(14)</TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD>The monarchs' triumph</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>118</TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>(8)</TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=20></TD><TD>The state as an instrument: 1648 to 1789</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>126</TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>(63)</TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD>Building the bureaucracy</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>128</TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>(15)</TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD>Creating the infrastructure</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>143</TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>(12)</TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD>Monopolizing violence</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>155</TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>(15)</TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD>The growth of political theory</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>170</TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>(14)</TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD>Inside the Leviathan</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>184</TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>(5)</TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=20></TD><TD>The state as an ideal: 1789 to 1945</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>189</TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>(74)</TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD>The Great Transformation</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>191</TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>(14)</TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD>Disciplining the people</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>205</TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>(19)</TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD>Conquering money</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>224</TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>(18)</TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD>The road to total war</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>242</TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>(16)</TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD>The apotheosis of the state</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>258</TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>(5)</TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=20></TD><TD>The spread of the state: 1696 to 1975</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>263</TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>(73)</TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD>Toward Eastern Europe</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>264</TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>(17)</TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD>The Anglo-Saxon experience</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>281</TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>(17)</TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD>The Latin American experiment</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>298</TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>(17)</TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD>Frustration in Asia and Africa</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>315</TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>(17)</TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD>What everybody has ...</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>332</TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>(4)</TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=20></TD><TD>The decline of the state: 1975-</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>336</TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>(79)</TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD>The waning of major war</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>337</TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>(17)</TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD>The retreat of welfare</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>354</TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>(23)</TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD>Technology goes international</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>377</TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>(17)</TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD>The threat to internal order</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>394</TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>(14)</TD></TR><TR><TD><TABLE CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=0><TR><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD>The withdrawal of faith</TD></TR></TABLE></TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>408</TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>(7)</TD></TR><TR><TD>Conclusions: beyond the state</TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>415</TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>(7)</TD></TR><TR><TD>Index</TD><TD WIDTH=40></TD><TD VALIGN=TOP>422</TD><TD></TD></TR></TABLE>

This unique volume traces the history of the state from its beginnings to the present day

The rise and decline of the state