Pre-industrial societies : anatomy of the pre-modern world /

Crone, Patricia, 1945-

Pre-industrial societies : anatomy of the pre-modern world / Patricia Crone. - Oxford : Oneworld, 2003, c1989. - x, 214 p. ; 23 cm.

Originally published: Oxford : Basil Blackwell, 1989.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preface -- Introduction: What is a complex society? -- Pt. I. The pre-industrial pattern. Socio-economic organization ; The state ; Politics ; Culture ; Society and the individual ; Religion -- Pt. II. The departure from the pattern. The oddity of Europe ; Modernity.

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Economic history.
Political science.
Social history.


Europe--Economic conditions.
Europe--Politics and government.
Europe--Social conditions.

HC21 / .C76 2003

330.9 / C815p