How Societies Change
- ISBN-10
- 1412992567
- ISBN-13
- 9781412992565
- Category
- Social Science
- Pages
- 165
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2011-05-27
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications
- Author
- Daniel Chirot
Description
An exploration of how societies have changed over the past five thousand years. The discussion focuses on the idea that industrial societies, despite their great success, have created a new set of recurring and unsolved problems which will serve as a major impetus for further social change.
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