| Civilizing Process 2e Revised Edition Contributor(s): Elias, Norbert (Author) |
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ISBN: 0631221611 ISBN-13: 9780631221616 Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell OUR PRICE: $70.24 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: July 2000 Annotation: "The Civilizing Process" stands out as Norbert Elias' greatest work, tracing the 'civilizing' of manners and personality in Western Europe since the Middle Ages, and showing how this was related to the formation of states and the monopolization of power within them. It comprises the two volumes originally published in English as "The History of Manners" and "State Formation and Civilization," now, in a single volume, the book is restored to its original format and made available world-wide to a new generation of readers. In this new edition, the original text is extensively revised, corrected, and updated. The Revised Edition reveals anew and afresh the greatness of Elias' masterpiece. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - History | Civilization - Social Science | Sociology - General - History | World - General |
| Dewey: 909 |
| LCCN: 99056203 |
| Physical Information: 1.33" H x 6.02" W x 9.03" (1.83 lbs) 592 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: The Civilizing Process stands out as Norbert Elias' greatest work, tracing the civilizing of manners and personality in Western Europe since the late Middle Ages by demonstrating how the formation of states and the monopolization of power within them changed Western society forever. |