Yoke-Sum Wong & Derek Sayer 
Twenty Years of the Journal of Historical Sociology 
Volume 1: Essays on the British State

Over the last twenty years the Journal of Historical
Sociology has redefined what historical sociology can be. These
essays by internationally distinguished historians, sociologists,
anthropologists and geographers bring together the very best of the
JHS. Volume 1 focuses on the British state, Volume 2 on the
journal’s wider interdisciplinary challenges.

* The first in a two-volume anthology representing the best
articles published in The Journal of Historical Sociology
over the last twenty years.

* Includes essays, debates and responses written by
internationally distinguished historians, sociologists,
anthropologists and geographers as well as by pioneering newer
scholars have been influential in challenging and redefining the
field of historical sociology.

* Spans a range of issues and topics that combine rich empirical
scholarship with sophisticated theoretical engagement, bringing
together the very best of the JHS.

* A collection of essays on state formation from medieval times
to the present, focussing mainly on the British state.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Foreword: A Curious Little Magazine.

Introduction.

Part I: Perspectives:.

1. Notes on the Difficulty of Studying The State: Philip Abrams
(JHS Vol. 1, No. 1, 1988).

2. The Genesis of American Capitalism: An Historical Inquiry
Into State Theory: Claude Denis (JHS Vol. 2, No. 4,
1989).

3. Who Needs The Nation? Interrogating ‚British‘
History: Antoinette Burton (JHS Vol. 10, No. 3, 1997).

Part II: Studies:.

4. The Peculiarities of the English State: G.E. Aylmer
(JHS Vol. 3, No. 2, 1990).

5. Engla Lond: The Making of an Allegiance: Patrick Wormald
(JHS Vol. 7, No. 1, 1994).

6. The Beginnings of English Imperialism: John Gillingham
(JHS Vol. 5, No. 4, 1992).

7. The English State and the ‚Celtic‘ Peoples
1100-1400: Rees Davis (JHS Vol. 6, No. 1, 1993).

8. Hand and Mouth: Information Gathering and Use in England in
the Later Middle Ages: Colin Richmond (JHS Vol. 1, No. 3,
1988).

9. Civilizing Northumberland: Representations of Englishness in
the Tudor State: Steven G. Ellis (JHS Vol. 12, No. 2,
1999).

10. Science, Power, Bodies: The Mobilization of Nature as State
Formation: Patrick Carroll (JHS Vol. 9, No. 2, 1996).

11. The Rise of the Information State: The Development of
Central State Surveillance of the Citizen in England, 1500-2000:
Edward Higgs (JHS Vol. 14, No. 2, 2001).

Part III: Debates:.

When/What Was the English State?:.

12. Gerald Aylmer And DGOS: Derek Sayer (JHS Vol. 15, No.
1, 2002).

13. When/What Was the English State: The Later Middle Ages?:
Colin Richmond (JHS Vol. 15, No. 1, 2002).

14. ‚The State as Monarchical Commonwealth‘:
‚Tudor‘ England: Patrick Collinson (JHS Vol.15,
No 1, 2002).

15. The Medieval State: The Tyranny Of A Concept?: Rees Davis
(JHS Vol.16, No. 2, 2003).

16. There Were States in Medieval Europe: A Response to Rees
Davis: Susan Reynolds (JHS Vol. 16, No. 4, 2003).

The Ghost of Max Weber:.

17. Contentions of the Purse between England and its European
Rivals from Henry V To George IV: A Conversation With Michael Mann:
Patrick Karl O’Brien (JHS Vol. 19, No. 4, 2006).

18. Putting the Weberian State in its Social, Geopolitical and
Militaristic Context: A Response To Patrick O’Brien: Michael
Mann (JHS Vol. 19, No. 4, 2006).

Index

Über den Autor

Yoke-Sum Wong is a Lecturer in Sociology at Lancaster
University, UK.

Derek Sayer is Professor of Cultural History at Lancaster
University, UK. He is the author of ten books including The
Coasts of Bohemia: A Czech History, Capitalism and
Modernity, and with Philip Corrigan, The Great Arch.