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本書是關於人類社會權力性質系列研究的第二卷。作者分析了從工業革命到第一次世界大戰之前人類權力關係的歷史。他主要關注於法國、英國、哈布斯堡王朝統治下的奧地利、普魯士德國和美國的發展。根據這些細緻的帝國研究，作者提出了關於民族與民族主義的興起、階級衝突、現代國家和現代軍國主義的新理論。

邁克爾·曼分析社會權力史是從19世紀的全球帝國開始，並持續到1945年的全球史，聚焦於資本主義、民族國家和帝國的相關發展。本書討論了西方的“運氣”及其與世界其他地方的“大分歧”，兩次世界大戰歐洲與日本權力的自我摧毀，大蕭條，美國與蘇聯權力的興起，資本主義、社會主義與法西斯主義之間的競爭，改良與民主資本主義的崛起。

This second volume of Michael Mann's analytical history of social power deals with power relations between the Industrial Revolution and the First World War, focusing on France, Great Britain, Hapsbur

Distinguishing four sources of power in human societies - ideological, economic, military and political - The Sources of Social Power traces their interrelations throughout human history. This second volume deals with power relations between the Industrial Revolution and the First World War, focusing on France, Great Britain, Hapsburg Austria, Prussia/Germany and the United States. Based on considerable empirical research, it provides original theories of the rise of nations and nationalism, of class conflict, of the modern state and of modern militarism. While not afraid to generalize, it also stresses social and historical complexity. Michael Mann sees human society as 'a patterned mess' and attempts to provide a sociological theory appropriate to this, his final chapter giving an original explanation of the causes of the First World War. First published in 1993, this new edition of Volume 2 includes a new preface by the author examining the impact and legacy of the work.

Distinguishing four sources of power in human societies - ideological, economic, military and political - The Sources of Social Power traces their interrelations throughout human history. This second volume deals with power relations between the Industrial Revolution and the First World War, focusing on France, Great Britain, Hapsburg Austria, Prussia/Germany and the United States. Based on considerable empirical research, it provides original theories of the rise of nations and nationalism, of class conflict, of the modern state and of modern militarism. While not afraid to generalize, it also stresses social and historical complexity. Michael Mann sees human society as 'a patterned mess' and attempts to provide a sociological theory appropriate to this, his final chapter giving an original explanation of the causes of the First World War. First published in 1993, this new edition of Volume 2 includes a new preface by the author examining the impact and legacy of the work.