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The Measure of Civilization

By - Ian Morris
Floor - Floor 4
Published - Profile Books, London, 2013
ISBN 10 - 1781250197
ISBN 13 - 9781781250198
Book Status - 1 Qnty Available with us.
Subject - Social history
Shelf No - 1
Call Number - 909 MOR
Physical Description - xvi, 381 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Notes - includes index
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In Why the West Rules - For Now Ian Morris argues that to understand the development of East and West, we need to look beyond 'long-term lock-in' theories (that suggest it was inevitable) and 'short-term accident' theories. Instead, we need to measure social development - a group's ability to master its environment to get things done - and use the results to look at the patterns of history.Why the West Rules - For Now briefly describes the methods used to calculate Eastern and Western social development scores since the ice age; in The Measure of Civilisation, Morris expands upon these methods, discussing possible objections to this approach, and providing fascinating accounts of his gathering of evidence for his calculations. It is a magnificent account of where our understanding of the development of East and West comes from, and an unusual insight into a master thinker at work.

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