The Course of Human History - Civilization and Social Process

This text explores four major features of human society in their ecological and historical context: the origins of priests and organised religion; the rise of military men in an agrarian society; economic expansion and growth; and "civilising" and "decivilising" trends over time.

List of contents

Introduction, Stephen Mennell; Chapter 1 Human History and Long-Term Social Processes: Toward a Synthesis of Chronology and Phaseology, Johan Goudsblom; Chapter 2 Ecological Regimes and the Rise of Organized Religion, Johan Goudsblom; Chapter 3 The Formation of Military-Agrarian Regimes, Johan Goudsblom; Chapter 4 Extensive Growth in the Premodern World, Eric Jones; Chapter 5 Recurrent Transitions to Intensive Growth, Eric Jones; Chapter 6 Civilizing and Decivilizing Processes, Stephen Mennell; Chapter 7 Asia and Europe: Comparing Civilizing Processes, Stephen Mennell;

About the author

Johan Goudsblom, Eric Jones, Stephen Mennell

Summary

This text explores four major features of human society in their ecological and historical context: the origins of priests and organised religion; the rise of military men in an agrarian society; economic expansion and growth; and "civilising" and "decivilising" trends over time.

Product details

• Authors: Johan Goudsblom, Goudsblom Johan, David M Jones, Eric Jones, Stephen Mennell, Mennell Stephen
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.06.1996
• EAN: 9781563247934
• ISBN: 978-1-56324-793-4
• No. of pages: 160
• Dimensions: 150 mm x 230 mm x 19 mm
• Weight: 453 g
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > History; Social sciences, law, business > Social sciences (general); Cultural Studies, HISTORY / World, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, General & world history, Social and cultural history, General and world history