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The State Its History and Development Viewed Sociologically

By Franz Oppenheimer

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THE STATE
AUTHOR’S PREFACE TO THE SECOND AMERICAN EDITION
CONTENTS
THE STATE
CHAPTER I THEORIES OF THE STATE
- THE SOCIOLOGICAL IDEA OF THE STATE
CHAPTER II THE GENESIS OF THE STATE
- (a) POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC MEANS
- (b) PEOPLES WITHOUT A STATE: HUNTSMEN AND GRUBBERS
- (c) PEOPLES PRECEDING THE STATE: HERDSMEN AND VIKINGS
- (d) THE GENESIS OF THE STATE
CHAPTER III THE PRIMITIVE FEUDAL STATE
- (a) THE FORM OF DOMINION
- (b) THE INTEGRATION
- (c) THE DIFFERENTIATION: GROUP THEORIES AND GROUP PSYCHOLOGY
- (d) THE PRIMITIVE FEUDAL STATE OF HIGHER GRADE
CHAPTER IV THE MARITIME STATE
- (a) TRAFFIC IN PREHISTORIC TIMES
- (b) TRADE AND THE PRIMITIVE STATE
- (c) THE GENESIS OF THE MARITIME STATE
- (d) ESSENCE AND ISSUE OF THE MARITIME STATES
CHAPTER V THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE FEUDAL STATE
- (a) THE GENESIS OF LANDED PROPERTY
- (b) THE CENTRAL POWER IN THE PRIMITIVE FEUDAL STATE
- (c) THE POLITICAL AND SOCIAL DISINTEGRATION OF THE PRIMITIVE FEUDAL STATE
- (d) THE ETHNIC AMALGAMATION
- (e) THE DEVELOPED FEUDAL STATE
CHAPTER VI THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE CONSTITUTIONAL STATE
- (a) THE EMANCIPATION OF THE PEASANTRY
- (b) THE GENESIS OF THE INDUSTRIAL STATE
- (c) THE INFLUENCES OF MONEY ECONOMY
- (d) THE MODERN CONSTITUTIONAL STATE
CHAPTER VII THE TENDENCY OF THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE STATE
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