The course of human history : economic growth, social process, and civilization

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The course of human history : economic growth, social process, and civilization

Johan Goudsblom, Eric Jones, and Stephen Mennell

(Sources and studies in world history)

M.E. Sharpe, c1996

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Includes bibliographical references (p. 135-143) and index

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Description

This text explores four major features of human society in their ecological and historical context: the origins of priests and organised religion; the rise of military men in an agrarian society; economic expansion and growth; and civilising and decivilising trends over time.

Table of Contents

  • Introduction, Stephen Mennell
  • Chapter 1 Human History and Long-Term Social Processes: Toward a Synthesis of Chronology and Phaseology, Johan Goudsblom
  • Chapter 2 Ecological Regimes and the Rise of Organized Religion, Johan Goudsblom
  • Chapter 3 The Formation of Military-Agrarian Regimes, Johan Goudsblom
  • Chapter 4 Extensive Growth in the Premodern World, Eric Jones
  • Chapter 5 Recurrent Transitions to Intensive Growth, Eric Jones
  • Chapter 6 Civilizing and Decivilizing Processes, Stephen Mennell
  • Chapter 7 Asia and Europe: Comparing Civilizing Processes, Stephen Mennell

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