Distinguishing four sources of power in human societies - ideological, economic, military and political - The Sources of Social Power traces their interrelations throughout human history.

Includes bibliographies and indexes.

v. 1. A history of power from the beginning to A.D. 1760 -- v. 2. The rise of classes and nation-states, 1760-1914 -- v. 3. Global empires and revolution, 1890-1945 -- v. 4. Globalizations, 1945-2011. Library does not own volumes 3 & 4.