Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. CONTENTS vii
3. LIST OF MAPS AND TABLES ix
4. PREFACE xi
5. INTRODUCTION 1
6. PART I: CONTINGENCY, CHOICE, AND CONSTRAINT
7. CHAPTER 1 Structural Change in International Relations 11
8. CHAPTER 2 Organizational Variation and Selection in the International System 22
9. CHAPTER 3 Modes of Nonterritorial Organization: Feudalism, the Church, and the Holy Roman Empire 34
10. PART II: THE EMERGENCE OF NEW MODES OF ORGANIZATION
11. CHAPTER 4 The Economic Renaissance of the Late Middle Ages 61
12. CHAPTER 5 The Rise of the Sovereign, Territorial State in Capetian France 77
13. CHAPTER 6 The Fragmentation of the German Empire and the Rise of the Hanseatic League 109
14. CHAPTER 7 The Development of the Italian City-states 130
15. PART III: COMPETITION, MUTUAL EMPOWERMENT, AND CHOICE: THE ADVANTAGES OF SOVEREIGN TERRITORIALITY
16. CHAPTER 8 The Victory of the Sovereign State 153
17. PART IV: CONCLUSION
18. CHAPTER 9 Character, Tempo, and Prospects for Change in the International System 183
19. NOTES 195
20. BIBLIOGRAPHY 265
21. INDEX 285