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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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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Morris, Ian
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2013.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : quantifying social development
  • Methods and assumptions
  • Energy capture
  • Social organization
  • War-making capacity
  • Information technology
  • Discussion : the limits and potential of measuring development.