This book advances a new theory of why nationalism emerged in the modern world. In particular it explains why nationalism and economic development are closely linked, and why warfare plays a crucial role in the spread of the nation-state system. It is based on qualitative and quantitative...

In Flawed Capitalism, David Coates draws on his vast experience of economy and society in both the US and the UK to examine the economic and social problems currently besetting each. Building an argument around the rise and fall of important social settlements, Flawed Capitalism traces the...

The politics and the economics -- The Industrial Revolution in Britain -- Economics and politics in 19th century America -- Politics of resistance in the 19th century -- Britain: The inter war years -- The Progressive Era in the United States -- Britain and the post-war settlement -- Politics...