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Historical Dynamics : Why States Rise and Fall /

Many historical processes are dynamic. Populations grow and decline. Empires expand and collapse. Religions spread and wither. Natural scientists have made great strides in understanding dynamical processes in the physical and biological worlds using a synthetic approach that combines mathematical m...

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Autor principal: Turchin, Peter, 1957- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Princeton, New Jersey : Princeton University Press, [2018]
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • List of Figures
  • List of Tables
  • Preface
  • Chapter One. Statement of the Problem
  • Chapter Two. Geopolitics
  • Chapter Three. Collective Solidarity
  • Chapter Four. The Metaethnic Frontier Theory
  • Chapter Five. An Empirical Test of the Metaethnic Frontier Theory
  • Chapter Six. Ethnokinetics
  • Chapter Seven. The Demographic-Structural Theory
  • Chapter Eight. Secular Cycles in Population Numbers
  • Chapter Nine. Case Studies
  • Chapter Ten. Conclusion
  • Appendix A. Mathematical Appendix
  • Appendix B. Data Summaries for the Test of the Metaethnic Frontier Theory
  • Bibliography
  • Index.