The Dynamic Society

The Sources of Global Change
1. Auflage 1996
ISBN: 978-0-415-13730-0
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd

Buch, Englisch, 512 Seiten, Format (B × H): 156 mm x 234 mm, Gewicht: 1066 g

This book discusses the nature and process of change in human society over the past two million years. The author draws on economic, historical and biological concepts to examine the driving forces of change and looks to likely developments in the future. This analysis produces some very thought-provoking and controversial conclusions.

Zielgruppe

Postgraduate and Undergraduate

Autoren/Hrsg.

Snooks, Graeme (Australian National University)

Snooks, Graeme

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Weltgeschichte & Geschichte einzelner Länder und Gebietsräume Weltgeschichte
• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Vor- und Frühgeschichte, prähistorische Archäologie
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Biowissenschaften Evolutionsbiologie
• Naturwissenschaften Biowissenschaften Humanbiologie
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Ethnologie Ethnographie
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Ethnologie Physische Anthropologie

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1. Chariots of Change Part One: The Tide of Time 2. Game of Life 3. Players in the Game 4. Dynamics of Being Part Two: Shadow of the Tower 5. Tower of Babel 6. Quest for Meaning Part Three: Wheel of Fire 7. Riders in the Chariot 8. Family of Man 9. Maker of the Wheel 10. Horsemen of War 11. Conjurers of Commerce 12. The Dynamic Society 13. Edge of Darkness? Glossary Bibliography

Über Autor(innen)

Graeme Donald Snooks is the Coghlan Professor and Head of the department of Economic History at the Institute of Advanced Studies, Australian National University. He has published widely on a number of central issues in economic history and is editor of a number of prestigious book series and journals