Absolutism and ruling class : the formation of the Russian political order, 1700-1825 / by LeDonne, John P., 1935-

Table of Contents: “…Part I: SOCIETY; Chapter 1 THE STRUCTURE OF RUSSIAN SOCIETY; The Nobility as Ruling Class; Ruling Class and Society; Russian Society as Command Structure; Chapter 2 SOCIAL GROUPS; Nobility; Townsmen; Peasantry; Chapter 3 POLITICAL APPARATUS AND BUREAUCRACY; The Officer Corps; The Civilian Apparatus; The Secretarial and Clerical Staffs; Part II: INSTITUTIONS; Chapter 4 THE FOUNDATIONS: 1689-1725; On the Road to Poltava; The Experiment with Regionalism; The Restoration of Central Government; Chapter 5 THE RULE OF THE EMPRESSES: 1725-1796; Families and Councils.…”
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Ruling class, regime and reformation at Strasbourg 1520-1555 / by Brady, Thomas A.

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The role of ruling class adaptability in the British transition from ancien regime to modern state : the open elite of Britain and Ireland from the Middle Ages to the second World War / by Wasson, Ellis Archer, 1947-

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End times : elites, counter-elites, and the path of political disintegration / by Turchin, Peter, 1957-

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Crisis, movement, strategy : the Greek experience /

Table of Contents: “…The Crisis and the Strategy of the Greek Ruling Class /…”
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Persistent oligarchs : elites and politics in Chihuahua, Mexico, 1910-1940 / by Wasserman, Mark, 1946-

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Analyzing Marx Morality, Power and History. by Miller, Richard W.

Table of Contents: “…A Model of Character -- The Structure of a Non-morality -- Allen Wood's Alternative -- A Tempting Conclusion -- Power -- Chapter Three: The Concept of a Ruling Class -- Introduction -- A Charge of Neglect -- What Is a Ruling Class? …”
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Quiet street : on American privilege / by McDonell, Nick, 1984-

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The Dominican Republic and the beginning of a revolutionary cycle in the Spanish Caribbean, 1861-1898 / by Alvarez López, Luis

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What went wrong? : the Nicaraguan Revolution : a Marxist analysis / by La Botz, Dan

Table of Contents: “…Nicaragua: a nation but not a state (from the beginning to 1893) -- The struggle to construct a sovereign state: Zelaya and Sandino (1893-1932) -- The Somoza dynastic dictatorship (1936-75) -- The founding of the Sandinista front for national liberation (1962-78) -- The Sandinista revolution (1975-79) -- The Sandinistas in power (1979-84) -- The Sandinistas and the Contra war (1985-90) -- Violeta Chamorro: A new ruling class, a new state, a new economy (1990-96) -- Alemán and Bolaños: corruption in power (1996-2006) -- The Ortega government (2006- ) -- Epilogue: results and prospects.…”
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Visions of the Emerald City : modernity, tradition, and the formation of Porfirian Oaxaca, Mexico / by Overmyer-Velázquez, Mark

Table of Contents: “…La vallistocracia : the formation of Oaxaca's ruling class -- The legible city : constructed, symbolic, and disciplined spaces -- "A new political religious order" : church, state, and workers -- "A necessary evil" : regulating public space and public women -- Portraits of a lady : visions of modernity -- Conclusions : the consquences of modernity.…”
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Social life in pre-reformation Dublin 1450-1540 / by Slattery, Peadar

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The guise of exceptionalism : unmasking the national narratives of Haiti and the United States / by Fatton, Robert

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Criticism of Earth : On Marx, Engels and Theology. by Boer, Roland

Table of Contents: “…Preface; Introduction; Synopsis; The terrain of struggle: theology and the Bible; Conclusion; Chapter One The Subterranean Bible; Outwitting the censor; Against the ruling class; Clergy as part of a corrupt ruling class; Economic allusions; Against other opponents; Appropriation and ambivalence; Conclusion; Chapter Two The Leading Article: Theology, Philosophy and Science; Theology and scientific research; Theology and philosophy; Church and state; Fetishism and idolatry; Conclusion; Chapter Three Against the Theological Hegelians I: Bruno Bauer.…”
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Algorithms and the end of politics : how technology shapes 21st-century American life / by Timcke, Scott

Table of Contents: “…Liberation is not opaque -- 2 The One- Dimensionality of Data -- Acemoglu and Robinson's econometrics -- The politics of quantities -- Reification, mystification and alienation -- The spector of positivism -- A depoliticization of the social question -- 3 Reactionary Tendencies in the Ruling Class -- Finance and class struggle -- Downplaying class differentiation -- Information robber barons -- Infrastructures for reactionary politics -- Ruling class solidarity -- 4 Platforms of Power -- Staving off class struggle 'from below' -- Democratic socialism was the compromise…”
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French Chivalry : Chivalric Ideas and Practices in Mediaeval France / by Painter, Sidney, 1902-1960

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Negara : the theatre state in nineteenth-century Bali / by Geertz, Clifford

Table of Contents: “…Bali and historical method -- Political definition: the sources of order -- Political anatomy: the internal organization of the ruling class -- Political anatomy: the village and the state -- Political statement: spectacle and ceremony -- Bali and political theory.…”
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Making race, making power : North Carolina's road to disfranchisement / by Redding, Kent, 1962-

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Staying Roman : conquest and identity in Africa and the Mediterranean, 439-700 / by Conant, Jonathan, 1974-

Table of Contents: “…Flight and communications -- 3. The old ruling class under the Vandals -- 4. New Rome, new Romans -- 5. …”
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History of the Ottoman Empire and Modern Turkey. by Shaw, Stanford J.

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