Regale lectum miseriæ: or, A kingly bed of miserie [[electronic resource] ] : In which is contained, a dreame: with an elegie upon the martyrdome of Charls, late King of England, of blessed memory: and another upon the Right Honourable the Lord Capel. With a curse against the enemies of peace, and the authors farewell to England. By John Quarles

• Record Nr.: UNISA996394182903316
• Autore: Quarles John <1624-1665.>
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: [London], : Printed for Edw : Crowch, 1649
• Descrizione fisica: [8], 110, [2] p., plate
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: In verse.; Place of publication from Wing.; Text area (under running head) of versos of many leaves printed in solid black; the last leaf is printed black recto and verso.; "An elegy upon that never to be forgotten Charles, the First" has separate title page dated 1648; register and pagination are continuous.; Probably a variant of Wing Q136 which has imprint: Printed in the yeare, 1649.; Reproduction of original in the Christ Church Library, Oxford, England.
• Sommario/riassunto: eebo-0026

How societies change [[electronic resource] /] / Daniel Chirot

• Record Nr.: UNINA9910791221403321
• Autore: Chirot Daniel
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Thousand Oaks, Calif. ; ; London, : Pine Forge, 2012
• ISBN: 1-4833-4915-2; 1-4522-3715-8; 1-4522-2446-3
• Edizione: [2nd ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xii, 165 p.) : maps
• Collana: Sociology for a new century series
• Disciplina: 303.4
• Soggetti: Social change; Social evolution
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: 1. Evolution and early human societies : Physical and cultural evolution: differences and similarities ; Causes of change in early societies ; From collecting, hunting, and fishing to agriculture -- Agrarian societies : The invention of the state ; Class status, and force: increasing inequality and making it hereditary ; Nomads, migrants, and other raiders ; Great cultures: the moral basis of agrarian civilizations ; The problem of administration and the cycle of political decay and reconstruction ; The conservatism of village life ; The demographic cycle in agrarian societies ; The potential for rapid innovation: the importance of peripheries ; The limits of analogy: societies are not species, and cultural evolution is not biological -- The rise of the West : Europe's ecological advantages ; Religious discordance and political stalemate: the basis for western rationalization ; Science, knowledge, and exploration in China and Western Europe ; The growth of European empires and the transformation of the economy ; Overcoming the agrarian population cycle ; The invention of nationalism and its consequences ; The legitimation of commerce: the ideological basis of the Industrial Revolution -- The Modern era : Industrial cycles ; Internal and international social consequences of modernization and industrial cycles ; Economic class and political power in modern societies ; Political ideologies and protests: two centuries of revolutions ; The ; unending effort to adapt to modernity ; Ecological pressures persist -- Toward a theory of social change : Why change occurs ; The new or the old?: The paradox of institutional resistance to change ; Freedom or control?: The dilemma of the modern era.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.