Societal Breakdown and the Rise of the Early Modern State in Europe: Memory of the Future

by Dmitry Shlapentokh

Book Overview

Shlapentokh asserts that asocial behavior in both medieval France and the contemporary West is not a marginal occurrence but rather a mainstream phenomena, and one that can often be stopped by strong force as the only antidote to social chaos.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0230603750
• ISBN13: 9780230603752
• Release Date: April 2008
• Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
• Length: 233 Pages
• Weight: 0.82 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 8.2"