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The measure of civilization: How social development decides the fate of nations / Ian Morris

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Unites States of America : Princeton University Press, c2013Description: xvi, 381 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 9780691160863
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • HM 706 .M67 2013
Contents:
Introduction : quantifying social development -- Methods and assumptions -- Energy capture -- Social organization -- War-making capacity -- Information technology -- Discussion : the limits and potential of measuring development.
Summary: The Measure of Civilization presents a brand-new way of investigating these questions and provides new tools for assessing the long-term growth of societies. Using a groundbreaking numerical index of social development that compares societies in different times and places, award-winning author Ian Morris sets forth a sweeping examination of Eastern and Western development across 15,000 years since the end of the last ice age.
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Books Books National University - Manila LRC - Annex General Circulation General Education GC HM 706 .M67 2013 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) c.1 Available NULIB000010814

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction : quantifying social development -- Methods and assumptions -- Energy capture -- Social organization -- War-making capacity -- Information technology -- Discussion : the limits and potential of measuring development.

The Measure of Civilization presents a brand-new way of investigating these questions and provides new tools for assessing the long-term growth of societies. Using a groundbreaking numerical index of social development that compares societies in different times and places, award-winning author Ian Morris sets forth a sweeping examination of Eastern and Western development across 15,000 years since the end of the last ice age.

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