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

by Ian Morris

Book Overview

A groundbreaking look at Western and Eastern social development from the end of the ice age to today

In the past 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...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0691155682
• ISBN13: 9780691155685
• Release Date: January 2013
• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Length: 400 Pages
• Weight: 1.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.0" x 9.4"