An Economic Inquiry into the Nonlinear Behaviors of Nations Dynamic Developments and the Origins of Civilizations /

This book applies an economic approach to examine the driving forces behind the dynamic behaviors of developing nations. Taking into account initial conditions and environmental and external factors often oversimplified by historians and anthropologists, Guo finds that the rise and fall of civilizat...

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Κύριος συγγραφέας: Guo, Rongxing (Συγγραφέας)
Συγγραφή απο Οργανισμό/Αρχή: SpringerLink (Online service)
Μορφή: Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Ηλ. βιβλίο
Γλώσσα:English
Έκδοση: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan, 2017.
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Διαθέσιμο Online:Full Text via HEAL-Link
Πίνακας περιεχομένων:
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Culture as an Anti-Darwinian Process
  • 3. Good Environment, Bad Environment
  • 4. Living in the Lands Threatened
  • 5. Are there any Optimal Strategies for Nations?
  • 6. Civilization as a Cyclical Human Process
  • 7. China: Short Cycles, Long Cycles
  • 8. The Western World: A Longer Cycle
  • 9. In Cycles We Trust.