Pocket • 2014 • Engelsk

The Measure of Civilization: How Social Development Decides the Fate of Nations

Name: The Measure of Civilization: How Social Development Decides the Fate of Nations
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Av Ian Morris

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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 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 developmen...Vis mer

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9780691160863

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Princeton University Press

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2014

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Engelsk

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The Measure of Civilization: How Social Development Decides the Fate of Nations

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Pocket

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