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Social Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy

Lord and Peasant in the Making of the Modern World

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Social Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy

Lord and Peasant in the Making of the Modern World

By: Barrington Moore

This classic work of comparative history explores why some countries have developed as democracies and others as fascist or communist dictatorships Originally published in 1966, this classic text is a comparative survey of some of what Barrington Moore considers the major and most indicative world economies as they evolved out of pre-modern political systems into industrialism. But Moore is not ultimately concerned with explaining economic development so much as exploring why modes of development produced different political forms that managed the transition to industrialism and modernization. Why did one society modernize into a "relatively free," democratic society (by which Moore means England)? Why did others metamorphose into fascist or communist states? His core thesis is that in each country, the relationship between the landlord class and the peasants was a primary influence on the ultimate form of government the society arrived at upon arrival in its modern age. “Throughout the book, there is the constant play of a mind that is scholarly, original, and imbued with the rarest gift of all, a deep sense of human reality . . . This book will influence a whole generation of young American historians and lead them to problems of the greatest significance.” —The New York Review of Books

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Beacon Press

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0807097047

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9780807097045

Moral Purity and Persecution in History

By: Barrington Moore Jr.

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Moral Purity and Persecution in History

By: Barrington Moore Jr.

The intellectual scope and courage to contend with the largest puzzles of human existence and organization distinguish great social thinkers. Barrington Moore's Social Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy was a foundational work of historical sociology that influenced a generation of social scientists and, decades later, continues to be widely read and taught. Here, Moore takes up the same tools of historical comparison to investigate why groups of people kill and torture each other. His answer is arrestingly simple: people persecute those whom they perceive as polluting due to their "impure" religious, political, or economic ideas. Moore's search begins with the Old Testament's restrictions on sexual behavior, idolatry, diet, and handling unclean objects. He argues that religious authorities seeking to distinguish the ancient Hebrews from competing groups invented, along with monotheism, the association of impure things with moral failure and the violation of God's will. This allowed people to view those holding competing ideas as contaminated and, more important, contaminating. Moore moves next to the French Wars of Religion, in which Protestants and Catholics massacred each other over the control of purity, and the French Revolution, which perfected terror and secularized purity. He then combs the major Asian religions and finds--to his surprise--that violent efforts to eradicate the "impure" were largely absent before substantial Western influence. Moore's provocative conclusion is that monotheism--with its monopoly on virtue and failure to provide supernatural scapegoats--is responsible for some of the most virulent forms of intolerance and is a major cause of human nastiness and suffering. Moore does not say that the monotheist tradition was the primary source of Nazism, Stalinism, Maoism, violent Hindu fundamentalism, or ethnic cleansing in Rwanda and the former Yugoslavia, but he does identify it as an indispensable cause because it justified, encouraged, and spread vindictive persecution throughout the world. Once again, Moore has drawn on his comprehensive understanding of history and talent for speaking directly to readers to address one of the most crucial questions about human past and future. This book is for anyone who has ever heard the word genocide and asked why.

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Princeton University Press

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1400823463

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9781400823468

Injustice: The Social Bases of Obedience and Revolt

The Social Bases of Obedience and Revolt

By: Barrington Moore, Jr

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Injustice: The Social Bases of Obedience and Revolt

The Social Bases of Obedience and Revolt

By: Barrington Moore, Jr

First Published in 1978. This is a book about why people so often put up with being the victims of their societies and why at other times they become very angry and try with passion and forcefulness to do something about their situation. I his most ambition book to date, Barrington Moore, Jr explores a large part of the world's experience with injustice and its understanding of it. In search of general elements behind the acceptance of injustice he discusses the Untouchables of India, Nazi concentration camps, and the Milgram experiments on obedience to authority.

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Routledge

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1315496518

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9781315496511

Social Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy

Lord and Peasant in the Making of the Modern World

By: Barrington Moore

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Moral Aspects of Economic Growth, and Other Essays

By: Barrington Moore, Jr.

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Moral Aspects of Economic Growth, and Other Essays

By: Barrington Moore, Jr.

Barrington Moore, Jr., one of the most distinguished thinkers in critical theory and historical sociology, was long concerned with the prospects for freedom and decency in industrial society. The product of decades of reflection on issues of authority, inequality, and injustice, this volume analyzes fluctuating moral beliefs and behavior in political and economic affairs at different points in history, from the early Middle Ages in England to the prospects for liberalism under twentieth-century Soviet socialism. The social sources of antisocial behavior; principles of social inequality; and the origins, enemies, and possibilities of rational discussion in public affairs—these are among the topics Moore considers as he seeks to uncover the historical causes of some accepted forms of morality and to assess their social consequences. The keynote essay examines how moral codes grew out of commercial practices in England from medieval times through the industrial revolution. Moore pays special attention to conceptions of honesty and the temptation to evade that inform the volume as a whole. In the other essays, he considers particular political issues, viewing "political" in its broadest sense as an unequal distribution of power and authority that carries a strong moral charge. Free of preaching and advocacy, his work offers a rare reasonable assessment of the morality of major social institutions over time.

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Cornell University Press

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1501726439

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9781501726439

Manhunt

By: James Barrington

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Manhunt

By: James Barrington

Nobody is above suspicion. In the intelligence world, it hurts when a senior officer goes bad. When that senior officer can’t be identified, it hurts even more. With the security of Britain's most secret files at stake, and trust a commodity in short supply, a deception operation must flush out the traitor. Paul Richter, an unemployed ex-Naval aviator, is the unwitting and ultimately expendable bait in the trap. But as the net closes, a Russian intelligence officer flees Moscow and her evidence points the finger of suspicion in a very different direction... With time running out, and nobody to trust, Richter finds himself battling both the British security establishment and teams of Russian assassins with orders to kill him. For readers of James Patterson, Will Jordan and Chris Ryan, the Agent Paul Richter series is intense, visceral and totally unmissable.

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Canelo

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1910859583

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Civil Procedure

Theory and Practice

By: Linda J. Silberman,Allan R. Stein,Tobias Barrington Wolff

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Civil Procedure

Theory and Practice

By: Linda J. Silberman,Allan R. Stein,Tobias Barrington Wolff

Using the Socratic method, Civil Procedure: Theory and Practice, Fifth Edition helps students develop strategic, critical thinking with introductory text, examples, and hypotheticals that equip them for the challenges of practice. Sophisticated, yet straightforward, the text strikes an important balance by providing clear exposition while requiring work to achieve deeper insights. An opening chapter gives an overview of the entire process, using real pleadings and discovery materials in the landmark N.Y. Times v. Sullivan case. The innovative “Anatomy of a Litigation” case study chapter systematically leads students from pleadings to verdict, using leading cases to deepen the connection between the classroom and the courtroom. Civil Procedure: Theory and Practice covers the full range of topics, including in-depth treatment of personal and subject-matter jurisdiction, joinder, preclusion, and alternative dispute resolution.

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Aspen Publishing

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1454888695

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9781454888697

The Paul Richter Omnibus

By: James Barrington

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The Paul Richter Omnibus

By: James Barrington

The bestselling military thrillers, now in a special omnibus edition Paul Richter: listed as working with the Foreign Operations Executive. Special forces and pilot experience. Trouble? Guaranteed. From supersonic chases above the Russian tundra to terrorists in Dubai and covert battles in North Korea, these are the most explosive thrillers you’ll ever read. This omnibus edition contains all six thrilling books in the series, perfect for fans of Robert Ludlum, Frederick Forsyth and Brad Thor.

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Canelo

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1911591290

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9781911591290

Bioweapon

By: James Barrington

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Bioweapon

By: James Barrington

A death that doesn’t make sense. A forgotten experiment. The world’s most devastating weapon. A weapons scientist in Cambridge is found dead under suspicious circumstances. Then a researcher at military science centre Porton Down goes missing. Paul Richter is on assignment in Amsterdam, chasing a lead from the GRU. What he finds is deeply worrying. Old weapons research is being unearthed, and powerful people blackmailed to keep the truth behind the two incidents hidden. As events spiral out of control, leading to an epic culmination on the Red Sea, Richter must battle against time to unravel this sinister plot, or face the full, unimaginable consequences... From bestselling author James Barrington comes the next scintillating installment in the Paul Richter thriller series, perfect for fans of James Deegan, Chris Ryan and Andy McNab.

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Canelo

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1911420518

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Pandemic

By: James Barrington

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Pandemic

By: James Barrington

Eliminate everyone who knows... Off the island of Crete an illicit diver finds a 30-year-old aircraft on the seabed. He recovers a steel case containing four sealed flasks from amongst the corpses still trapped inside. Within twelve hours he succumbs to a hideous death. Agency trouble-shooter Paul Richter is sent to investigate, but encounters far more questions than answers. Why has the CIA ordered the total destruction of the aircraft’s remnants? Why is a hit team roaming the island? Who is targeting members of the hit team itself? And why are retired agents back in America facing professional assassination? As Richter gets ever-closer to unravelling a decades-old secret, even he is unprepared for the sheer horror that awaits. James Barrington continues the Paul Richter series in this nail-biting techno-thriller for fans of Chris Ryan, David Baldacci and Robert Ludlum.

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1910859397

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Employment and Work

By: Susanne M. Bruyère,Linda Barrington

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Employment and Work

By: Susanne M. Bruyère,Linda Barrington

This volume in The SAGE Reference Series on Disability explores issues facing people with disabilities in employment and the work environment. It is one of eight volumes in the cross-disciplinary and issues-based series, which incorporates links from varied fields making up Disability Studies as volumes examine topics central to the lives of individuals with disabilities and their families. With a balance of history, theory, research, and application, specialists set out the findings and implications of research and practice for others whose current or future work involves the care and/or study of those with disabilities, as well as for the disabled themselves. The presentational style (concise and engaging) emphasizes accessibility. Taken individually, each volume sets out the fundamentals of the topic it addresses, accompanied by compiled data and statistics, recommended further readings, a guide to organizations and associations, and other annotated resources, thus providing the ideal introductory platform and gateway for further study. Taken together, the series represents both a survey of major disability issues and a guide to new directions and trends and contemporary resources in the field as a whole.

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SAGE Publications

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1483306003

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9781483306001

Personal Sketches of His Own Times

Vol. I

By: Jonah Barrington

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Personal Sketches of His Own Times

Vol. I

By: Jonah Barrington

Reprint of the original, first published in 1871. The publishing house Anatiposi publishes historical books as reprints. Due to their age, these books may have missing pages or inferior quality. Our aim is to preserve these books and make them available to the public so that they do not get lost.

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338218107X

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9783382181079

Privacy: Studies in Social and Cultural History

Studies in Social and Cultural History

By: Barrington Moore, Jr

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Privacy: Studies in Social and Cultural History

Studies in Social and Cultural History

By: Barrington Moore, Jr

This title was first published in 1984. Focusing on Brazil, this text covers issues such as: the legacy of colour; social realities; and diversions and assertive behaviour.

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Routledge

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1351696769

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Moral Purity and Persecution in History

By: Barrington Moore

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Moral Purity and Persecution in History

By: Barrington Moore

Moore's provocative conclusion is that monotheism - with its monopoly on virtue and failure to provide supernatural scapegoats - is responsible for some of the most virulent forms of intolerance and is a major cause of human nastiness and suffering.

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Princeton University Press

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0691049203

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Book's by Barrington Moore

Social Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy

Social Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy

Moral Purity and Persecution in History

Moral Purity and Persecution in History

Injustice: The Social Bases of Obedience and Revolt

Injustice: The Social Bases of Obedience and Revolt

Social Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy

Social Origins of Dictatorship and Democracy

Moral Aspects of Economic Growth, and Other Essays

Moral Aspects of Economic Growth, and Other Essays

Manhunt

Manhunt

Civil Procedure

Civil Procedure

The Paul Richter Omnibus

The Paul Richter Omnibus

Bioweapon

Bioweapon

Pandemic

Pandemic

Employment and Work

Employment and Work

Personal Sketches of His Own Times

Personal Sketches of His Own Times

Privacy: Studies in Social and Cultural History

Privacy: Studies in Social and Cultural History

Moral Purity and Persecution in History

Moral Purity and Persecution in History

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