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.