Download or read book The Nation-state and Global Order written by Walter C. Opello and published by Lynne Rienner Pub. This book was released on 1999 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rejecting models of linear development, Opello and Rosow (both in political science, State U. of New York-Oswego) fuse governing practices, technological change, political economy, language, and culture in an analysis of the formation of specific forms of the state: from imperial Rome, to the present "state of states," and future challenges. Includes several basic maps of early political divisions and a glossary of terms from arquebus, a primitive firearm, to virtus, the Roman political ideal of manliness based on great military deeds. Paper edition (unseen), $19.95. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR