TY  - BOOK
AU  - Morris, Ian.
TI  - The measure of civilization: How social development decides the fate of nations 
SN  - 9780691160863
AV  - HM 706 .M67 2013 
PY  - 2013///
CY  - Unites States of America
PB  - Princeton University Press
KW  - SOCIAL HISTORY
N1  - 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
N2  - 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
ER  -