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The Measure of Civilization : How Social Development Decides the Fate of Nations /
In the last thirty years, there have been fierce debates over how civilizations develop and why the West became so powerful. 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 groundbre...
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Princeton, NJ :
Princeton University Press,
[2013]
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| Edición: | Course Book |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Illustrations
- Tables
- Preface
- Chapter 1. Introduction: Quantifying Social Development
- Chapter 2. Methods and Assumptions
- Chapter 3. Energy Capture
- Chapter 4. Social Organization Chapter
- Chapter 5. War-Making Capacity
- Chapter 6. Information Technology
- Chapter 7. Discussion: The Limits and Potential of Measuring Development
- Notes
- REFERENCES
- Index