The measure of civilization : how social development decides the fate of nations / Ian Morris.
"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 groundbr...
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| Language: | English |
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Princeton :
Princeton University Press,
[2013], ©2013.
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| Physical Description: | xvi, 381 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm |
| Format: | Book |