Feudal America

Contents

Preface

Acknowledgments

1. The Feudal Model in Social Analysis: From Medieval Europe to Contemporary America

2. Feudal, Liberal, and Authoritarian Models as Tools for Analyzing the Middle Ages and Contemporary American Society

3. Big Money and Corporations as Promoters of Feudal Tendencies

4. The Feudal Model and the Organizational Level of Analysis

5. Private Coercion: A Feudal Aspect of Contemporary American Society

6. Personal Relations in American Politics and Business: A Feudal Phenomenon

Conclusion

References

Index

“Feudal America: Elements of the Middle Ages in Contemporary Society is a good book for the general reader who has an interest in the Middle Ages and elements of the Middle Ages in contemporary corporate America.”

—Contemporary Sociology