Coercion Capital and European States
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Charles Tilly is University Distinguished Professor at the New School for Social Research, where he directs the Centre for Studies of Social Change.

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Preface.

1. Cities and States in World History.

2. European Cities and States.

3. How War Made States, and Vice Versa.

4. States and their Citizens.

5. Lineages of the National State.

6. The European State System.

7. Soldiers and States in 1990.

References.

Index.

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"Closely argued and thought-provoking book." Economic History Review

"Tilly's thesis is presented with great lucidity... contributed to perform a service not merely for historians, but for mankind." French History

"An important, provocative theory, with much originality and richly documented .... extremely well written." American Journal of Sociology

"This is a good and important book. It is well written, and it presents the complex history of European state formation over a time span of one thousand years in a most understandable way. With a profound knowledge of history and an amazing compository skill, Tilly takes his readers by the hand and leads them." International Review of Social History

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