The Measure of Civilization: How Social Development Decides the Fate of Nations - Paperback
by Ian Morris
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Language:EnglishPublisher:Princeton University PressISBN-13:9780691160863ISBN-10:691160864UPC:9780691160863Book Category:Social Science, History, Business & EconomicsBook Subcategory:Developing & Emerging Countries, World, Economic HistorySize:9.20 x 6.00 x 1.00 inchesWeight:1.2522Product ID:SCPCTE68N2
A groundbreaking look at Western and Eastern social development from the end of the ice age to today
In the past 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...Language:EnglishPublisher:Princeton University PressISBN-13:9780691160863ISBN-10:691160864UPC:9780691160863Book Category:Social Science, History, Business & EconomicsBook Subcategory:Developing & Emerging Countries, World, Economic HistorySize:9.20 x 6.00 x 1.00 inchesWeight:1.2522Product ID:SCPCTE68N2
Ian Morris is the Jean and Rebecca Willard Professor of Classics and professor of history at Stanford University. His most recent book is the award-winning "Why the West Rules--for Now: The Patterns of History, and What They Reveal about the Future" (Farrar, Straus and Giroux) which has been translated into eleven languages.
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