LEADER 03825nam 2200649 a 450 001 9910970367703321 005 20241226111252.0 010 $a9781483349152 010 $a1483349152 010 $a9781452237152 010 $a1452237158 010 $a9781452224466 010 $a1452224463 035 $a(CKB)2550000001197911 035 $a(EBL)1598332 035 $a(SSID)ssj0001112268 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)12512893 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001112268 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)11158893 035 $a(PQKB)11001959 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1598332 035 $a(OCoLC)869282296 035 $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000174365 035 $a235597 035 $a(CaToSAGE)SAGE000016199 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000001197911 100 $a20131121d2012 fy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur||||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aHow societies change /$fDaniel Chirot 205 $a2nd ed. 210 $aThousand Oaks, Calif. ;$aLondon $cPine Forge$d2012 210 1$aLos Angeles, CA :$cSAGE Publications, Inc.,$d2012. 215 $a1 online resource (xii, 165 p.) $cmaps 225 1 $aSociology for a new century series 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 08$a9781412992565 311 08$a1412992567 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $a1. 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. 330 8 $aAn exploration of how societies have changed over the past five thousand years. The discussion focuses on the idea that industrial societies, despite their great success, have created a new set of recurring and unsolved problems which will serve as a major impetus for further social change. 410 0$aSociology for a new century. 606 $aSocial change 606 $aSocial evolution 615 0$aSocial change. 615 0$aSocial evolution. 676 $a303.4 700 $aChirot$b Daniel$0158335 801 0$bStDuBDS 801 1$bStDuBDS 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910970367703321 996 $aHow societies change$918983 997 $aUNINA