Snooks The Dynamic Society

The Sources of Global Change
Erscheinungsjahr 2002
ISBN: 978-1-134-77570-5
Verlag: CRC Press
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 512 Seiten

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Snooks, Graeme

Fachgebiete

• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Volkswirtschaftslehre Volkswirtschaftslehre Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface. Acknowledgements. 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