The Pursuit of Power
Technology, Armed Force and Society Since A.D. 1000
by William H. McNeill
ISBN: 0226561577
ISBN-13: 9780226561578
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Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Published date: 1982
Pages: 405
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The Pursuit of Power
McNeill, William H
Chicago Univ. Press. VG+ in VG+ DJ. 1982. 1st printing. Hardcover. Keywords: military, history, 0-226-56157-7. ( more information)
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THE PURSUIT OF POWER: Technology, Armed Force, and Society Since A. D. 1000
McNeill, William H
Chicago: University Of Chicago Press. NF/VG-. [1982]. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. 405 pages; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Red cloth cover is clean and has only very minor wear at tail of spine. Pages clean and unmarked. Binding sound and tight. DJ has some rubbing, primarily on back panel and a partial fingerprint in ink on front pane. Not clipped. . ( more information)
Offered by James F. Balsley, Bookseller (United States)
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The Pursuit Of Power
McNeill, William H
Chicago: Univ. Of Chicago Press, 1982. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Very Good. ( more information)
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The Pursuit of Power
Mcneill, William H
Chicago: University of Chicago, 1982. DJ unclipped, no internal marks or imprints.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ( more information)
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The Pursuit of Power: Technology, Armed Force, and Society since A.D. 1000
McNeill, William H
The University of Chicago Press, Chicago. (1982). First edition in VG+ condition, full red cloth, octavo, illustrated, previous owner's inscription to half-title page, x+405 pages. VG pictorial price-clipped DJ with minor rubbing, in a Brodart cover. ISBN 0226561577. . ( more information)
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The Pursuit of Power: Technology, Armed Force and Society Since A.D. 1000
McNeill, William H
University of Chicago Press, 1982. Book is a little rubbed with slightly bumped corners but clean within and straight and tight. Dustjacket is slightly rubbed at extremities and slightly sunned at spine but still whole and bright.. First Printing. Binding is Boards. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. ( more information)
Offered by Athena's Book Shop (United States)
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The Pursuit of Power: Technology, Armed Force, and Society since A.D. 1000
William H. McNeill
Near Fine/Near Fine. History University of Chicago Press Chicago 1982 Hardbound Hardbound with DJ, 8vo, x + 405 pages, a few b&w illustrations in text / name and date on half-title, otherwise little indication of use / clean, square, tight, hinges firm / no markings of text / price-clipped DJ is clean, with almost no edgewear. ( more information)
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The Pursuit of Power
McNEILL, William H
Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1982. Used - Very Good. Red Cloth. Fine/Near Fine. First Edition. ISBN: 0-226-56157-7. very small closed tear on front of DJ. some faint marks. ( more information)
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THE PURSUIT OF POWER Technology, Armed Force, and Society Since A. D. 1000
McNeill, William H
Chicago: University Of Chicago Press. Very Good- in Good dust jacket; Very minor edge wear on the clean, sound binding. Name blacked-out on ffep. Very occasional, very minor margin marks and underlinging in first half of the book, else contents are clean. DJ's spine is faded but lettering is clear. Minor wear and soil on complete DJ. c. 1982. First Printing. Hardcover. Bright orange-red cloth, black lettering. Index. A couple-dozen-or-so b/w illustrations in text, mostly photos. HISTORY . McNeill connects technical, military-political, and economic history in a work rich in original observations and hypotheses. He envisions a 'commercial transformation' of world society in the eleventh century, and discusses Chinese and European military adaptation to this transformation. He views World War I and II as marking a return to command economies and societies, ending a thousand-year experiment in market organization of large-scale human effort. Of special note is his argument that Great Britain was the forcing house for the emergence of the modern military-industrial complex and his thesis that our present capacity for destruction has escaped over-all rational control through an excess of detailed rationality in the planning and control of armed force and industrial production alike. ; 8-3/4" Tall; 405 pages . ( more information)
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Pursuit Of Power - Technology, Armed Force and Society Since A.D. 1000
McNeill, William H
Chicago Illinois, U.S.A.: University of Chicago Press, 1982. 406 pages with index, some b&w illustrations, dj light scuffing with price clipped,. ISBN: 0226561577. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 4¾" - 9¾" tall. Chapter book. MILITARY ART SCIENCE HISTORY WORLD. ( more information)
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The Pursuit of Power
McNeill, William H
Chicago, IL, USA: University of Chicago Press. 1982. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good. Brief summary of content available on request by e-mail. ( more information)
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The pursuit of power: Technology, armed force, and society since A.D. 1000
William Hardy McNeill; R.V. Sampson
University Of Chicago Press, 1982. Hardcover. Good. 1st Edition, 1st Printing (w/full number line) 1982 University of Chicago Press HARDBACK; text clean/UNMARKED; paper starting to age; color cover mostly smooth w/3 minor surface scuffs/mild edge wear w/no tears + coupla tiny nicks; price unclipped; spine strong, cocked; NOT x-library; No remainder mark; Not book club; 406 pages + 10 preliminary pgs; illustrations + photographs; preface; 10 chapters w/25 subsections; conclusion; footnotes throughout text; index; brief author biography; jacket illustrations from "Wapenbandelingbe van Roers, Musquetten ende Spiessen...Figuirlyck vutgebeelt door Jacob de Gheyn" (The Hague, 1607; facsimile edition, NY: McGraw-Hill, 1971) w/color added by Ron Villani; good plus collectible copy of 26-year-old out-of-print classic history hardback. ( more information)
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The Pursuit of Power
McNeill, William H
Chicago: University of Chicago 1982.. 2 lines highlighted in preface, else Very Good Technology, Armed Force, and Society Since A.D. 1000, illustrated. 1st edition. the Dust Jacket Very Good 415pp. ISBN: 0 226 56157 7. First Edition. WAR WEAPONS ARMAMENTS. ( more information)
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The Pursuit of Power: Technology, Armed Force and Society Since A.D. 1000
McNeill, William H
University of Chicago Press, 1982. Pages are tight, bright and clean. Boards, spine, edges and corners very good. Binding firm and straight, sewn signatures. Illustrated with B/W drawings. If needed for reference, research, analysis, dissertation or just enjoyment this is the one. 405 pages, indexed.. Number Line 54321. Red Cloth. Very Good/Very Good Price Intact. 8 1/2 X 5 3/4. ( more information)
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The Pursuit of Power: Technology, Armed Force, and Society Since A.D. 1000
McNeill, William Hardy
good, fair University of Chicago Press Chicago, IL 1982 22 cm, 405, bibliographical references, index, DJ worn, soiled, and small edge tears and chips The book was nominated for the American Book Award; the author won the National Book Award for "The Rise of the West." This book connects technical, military-political, and economic history from 1000 A.D. ( more information)
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