Social Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy: Lord and Peasant in the Making of the Modern World by James C. Scott, Edward Friedman, Barrington Moore Jr.

Social Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy: Lord and Peasant in the Making of the Modern World

James C. Scott, Edward Friedman, Barrington Moore Jr.

592 pages • first pub 1966 (editions)

nonfiction history politics sociology challenging informative reflective slow-paced

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"A landmark in comparative history and a challenge to scholars of all lands who are trying to learn how we arrived at where we are now." -The New York Times Book Review

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