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050			_aHM 706 .M67 2013
100			_aMorris, Ian. _eauthor
245		4	_aThe measure of civilization: _bHow social development decides the fate of nations / _cIan Morris
260			_aUnites States of America : _bPrinceton University Press, _cc2013
300			_axvi, 381 pages : _billustrations, map ; _c24 cm.
365			_bUSD14.97
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505			_aIntroduction : quantifying social development -- Methods and assumptions -- Energy capture -- Social organization -- War-making capacity -- Information technology -- Discussion : the limits and potential of measuring development.
520			_aThe 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.
650			_aSOCIAL HISTORY
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