Feudal America - Elements of the Middle Ages in Contemporary Society

Do Americans live in a liberal capitalist society where even-handed competition rules the day, or a society where big money, private security, and personal relations determine key social outcomes? Shlapentokh and Woods argue that the answer to these questions cannot be found among the conventional models used to describe the nation. Offering a new analytical tool, the authors present a provocative explanation of the nature of contemporary society by comparing its essential characteristics to those of medieval European societies.

About the author

Vladimir Shlapentokh is Professor of Sociology at Michigan State University.Joshua Woods is Assistant Professor, Division of Sociology and Anthropology, at West Virginia University.

Summary

Uses a feudal model to analyze contemporary American society, comparing its essential characteristics to those of medieval European societies.

Product details

• Authors: Vladimir Shlapentokh, Vladimir (Professor of Sociology Shlapentokh, Shlapentokh Vladimir, Joshua Woods, Joshua (Assistant Professor Woods, Woods Joshua
• Publisher: University Presses
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 17.01.2011
• EAN: 9780271037813
• ISBN: 978-0-271-03781-3
• Dimensions: 152 mm x 229 mm x 19 mm
• Weight: 408 g
• Illustrations: Illustrationen, nicht spezifiziert
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political theories and the history of ideas; Sociology, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General, POLITICAL SCIENCE / History & Theory, Society & culture: general, HISTORY / United States / 20th Century, Political science & theory, Early history: c 500 to c 1450/1500, History of the Americas, HISTORY / Europe / Medieval