How Humans Cooperate: Confronting the Challenges of Collective Action
- ISBN-10
- 1607326167
- ISBN-13
- 9781607326168
- Category
- Social Science
- Pages
- 436
- Language
- English
- Published
- 2016-12
- Publisher
- University Press of Colorado
- Authors
- Richard E. Blanton, Lane F. Fargher
Description
Blanton and Fargher develop is strongly empirical, historically deep, and more synthetic approach to investigating human cooperation, using findings from fields as diverse as neurobiology, primatology, ethnography, history, art history, and archaeology.
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