Feudal America Elements of the Middle Ages in Contemporary Society /

Shlapentokh, Vladimir,

Feudal America Elements of the Middle Ages in Contemporary Society / [print] Vladimir Shlapentokh and Joshua Woods. - University Park, Pennsylvania : Pennsylvania State University Press, (c)2011. - 1 online resource (x, 170 pages) - Book collections on Project MUSE. .

Includes bibliographies and index.

The feudal model in social analysis : from medieval Europe to contemporary America-- -- Feudal, liberal, and authoritarian models as tools for analyzing the middle ages and contemporary American society-- -- Big money and corporations as promoters of feudal tendencies-- -- The feudal model and the organizational level of analysis-- -- Private coercion : a feudal aspect of contemporary American society-- -- Personal relations in American politics and business : a feudal phenomenon.

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

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HN59 HN59.P964.F483 2011