The Measure of Civilizationtxt,chm,pdf,epub,mobi下载 作者: Ian Morris 出版社: Princeton University Press 副标题: How Social Development Decides the Fate of Nations 出版年: 2013-1-27 页数: 400 定价: USD 29.95 装帧: Hardcover ISBN: 9780691155685 内容简介 · · · · · ·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... 作者简介 · · · · · ·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. 目录 · · · · · ·List of Illustrations ixList of Tables xiii Preface xv 1 Introduction: Quantifying Social Development 1 2 Methods and Assumptions 25 3 Energy Capture 53 · · · · · · () List of Illustrations ix List of Tables xiii Preface xv 1 Introduction: Quantifying Social Development 1 2 Methods and Assumptions 25 3 Energy Capture 53 4 Social Organization 144 5 War-Making Capacity 173 6 Information Technology 218 7 Discussion: The Limits and Potential of Measuring Development 238 Notes 265 References 321 Index 375 · · · · · · () |
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