Monarchy
Books:
Anderson P. Passages from Antiquity to Feudalism (1974);
- Lineages of the Absolutist State (1974);
Elias. On the Process of Civilisation (Volume 3) (The Collected Works of Norbert Elias) (2012);
Engels. The Origin of the Family, Private Property and the State (2010, in German 1884);
Giddens. A Contemporary Critique of Historical Materialism, 2 vols. (1981, 1985);
Grinin. The Evolution of Statehood: From Early States to Global Society (2011);
Hobsbawm. The Age of Revolution: Europe 1789-1848 (1962);
Linz. Totalitarian and Authoritarian Regimes (2000);
Mann. The Sources of Social Power, Vol. 1: A History of Power from the Beginning to AD 1760 (1986);
Mosca. The Ruling Class (2018, in Italian 1896, 1923);
Said. Orientalism (1978);
Skocpol. States and Social Revolutions: A Comparative Analysis of France, Russia, and China (1979);
Tilly. The Vendée (1964);
- Coercion, Capital, and European States: A.D. 990–1990 (1990);
- European Revolutions: 1492–1992 (1993);
- Contention and Democracy in Europe: 1650–2000 (2004);
Tocqueville. The Old Regime and the French Revolution (2014, in French 1856);
Witfogell. The Hydraulic Civilizations (1956);
- Oriental Despotism (1957).
