The Resource The Measure of Civilization : How Social Development Decides the Fate of Nations
The Measure of Civilization : How Social Development Decides the Fate of Nations
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Resource Information
The item The Measure of Civilization : How Social Development Decides the Fate of Nations represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in University of Missouri-St. Louis Libraries.
This item is available to borrow from 1 library branch.
- Summary
- 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 development across 15,000 years since the end of the last ice age. He offers surprising conclusions ab
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 1 online resource (401 pages)
- Contents
-
- Introduction : quantifying social development
- Methods and assumptions
- Energy capture
- Social organization
- War-making capacity
- Information technology
- Discussion : the limits and potential of measuring development
- Isbn
- 9781400844760
- Label
- The Measure of Civilization : How Social Development Decides the Fate of Nations
- Title
- The Measure of Civilization
- Title remainder
- How Social Development Decides the Fate of Nations
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- 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 development across 15,000 years since the end of the last ice age. He offers surprising conclusions ab
- Cataloging source
- MHW
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Morris, Ian
- Dewey number
- 909
- Index
- index present
- Language note
- In English
- LC call number
- HM706
- LC item number
- .M67 2012
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
-
- dictionaries
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- Social structure
- Social history
- Economic history
- SOCIAL SCIENCE
- Développement social
- Histoire sociale
- Histoire économique
- Civilisations
- Pays occidentaux
- Europe
- Economic history
- Social history
- Social structure
- Label
- The Measure of Civilization : How Social Development Decides the Fate of Nations
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
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- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Introduction : quantifying social development -- Methods and assumptions -- Energy capture -- Social organization -- War-making capacity -- Information technology -- Discussion : the limits and potential of measuring development
- Control code
- 845247046
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (401 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781400844760
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Other control number
- 10.1515/9781400844760
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
-
- 445933
- 22573/ctt1fh12t
- 5b026304-bad9-450c-993b-11c758624fec
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)845247046
- Label
- The Measure of Civilization : How Social Development Decides the Fate of Nations
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references and index
- Carrier category
- online resource
- Carrier category code
-
- cr
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Introduction : quantifying social development -- Methods and assumptions -- Energy capture -- Social organization -- War-making capacity -- Information technology -- Discussion : the limits and potential of measuring development
- Control code
- 845247046
- Dimensions
- unknown
- Extent
- 1 online resource (401 pages)
- Form of item
- online
- Isbn
- 9781400844760
- Media category
- computer
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- c
- Other control number
- 10.1515/9781400844760
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/overdrive/overdriveId
-
- 445933
- 22573/ctt1fh12t
- 5b026304-bad9-450c-993b-11c758624fec
- Specific material designation
- remote
- System control number
- (OCoLC)845247046
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