The measure of civilisation : how social development decides the fate of nations / Ian Morris

By:

Morris, I Ian Morris

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: London : Profile books , 2013.Description: xvi,381p.: ill.; 23cmISBN:

9781781250198

LOC classification:

DUCE HM706.M67

Summary: 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 groundbreaking numerical index of social development that compares societies in different times and places, award-winning author Ian Morris sets forth a sweeping examination of Eastern and Western development across 15,000 years since the end of the last ice age. He offers surprising conclusions about when and why the West came to dominate the world and fresh perspectives for thinking about the twenty-first century.

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Item type	Current library	Call number	Status	Barcode
Books	DUCE LIBRARY Humanities: Shelf HM586. R58 – HX457. T34. C54	DUCE HM706.M67 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available	000000170478
Books	DUCE LIBRARY Humanities: Shelf HM586. R58 – HX457. T34. C54	DUCE HM706.M67 (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available	000000171204

Includes bibliographical reference and index

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 groundbreaking numerical index of social development that compares societies in different times and places, award-winning author Ian Morris sets forth a sweeping examination of Eastern and Western development across 15,000 years since the end of the last ice age. He offers surprising conclusions about when and why the West came to dominate the world and fresh perspectives for thinking about the twenty-first century.

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