Historical dynamics : why states rise and fall /

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"Taking up the problem of territorial dynamics - why some polities at certain times expand and at other times contract - this book shows that a similar research program can advance our understanding of dynamical processes in history." "Peter Turchin develops hypotheses from a wide ran...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Turchin, Peter, 1957-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2003]
Series:Princeton studies in complexity.
Subjects:
Historiometry.
History > Mathematical models.
Historiométrie.
Histoire > Modèles mathématiques.
HISTORY > Historiography.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Statement of the problem
  • Geopolitics
  • Collective solidarity
  • The metaethnic frontier theory
  • An empirical test of the metaethnic frontier theory
  • Ethnokinetics
  • The demographic-structural theory
  • Secular cycles in population numbers
  • Case studies
  • Mathematical appendix
  • Data summaries for the test of the metaethnic frontier theory.

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