Historical Dynamics : : Why States Rise and Fall /

Historical Dynamics : : Why States Rise and Fall / / Peter Turchin.

Many historical processes are dynamic. Populations grow and decline. Empires expand and collapse. Religions spread and wither. Natural scientists have made great strides in understanding dynamical processes in the physical and biological worlds using a synthetic approach that combines mathematical m...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Princeton University Press eBook-Package Backlist 2000-2013
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Turchin, Peter,
Place / Publishing House:Princeton, NJ : : Princeton University Press, , [2018]
©2004
Year of Publication:2018
Language:English
Series:Princeton Studies in Complexity ; 8
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Physical Description:1 online resource (264 p.) :; 7 tables. 36 line illus.
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • List of Figures
  • List of Tables
  • Preface
  • Chapter One. Statement of the Problem
  • Chapter Two. Geopolitics
  • Chapter Three. Collective Solidarity
  • Chapter Four. The Metaethnic Frontier Theory
  • Chapter Five. An Empirical Test of the Metaethnic Frontier Theory
  • Chapter Six. Ethnokinetics
  • Chapter Seven. The Demographic-Structural Theory
  • Chapter Eight. Secular Cycles in Population Numbers
  • Chapter Nine. Case Studies
  • Chapter Ten. Conclusion
  • Appendix A. Mathematical Appendix
  • Appendix B. Data Summaries for the Test of the Metaethnic Frontier Theory
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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