The Evolution of Civilizations: An Introduction to Historical Analysis - Softcover

Quigley, Carroll

 
9780913966570: The Evolution of Civilizations: An Introduction to Historical Analysis
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ISBN 10: 0913966576 ISBN 13: 9780913966570
Publisher: Liberty Fund Inc, 1979

Synopsis

"The Evolution of Civilizations" is a comprehensive and perceptive look at the factors behind the rise and fall of civilisations. Quigley defines a civilisation as "a producing society with an instrument of expansion". A civilisation's decline is not inevitable but occurs when its instrument of expansion is transformed into an institution -- that is, when social arrangements that meet real social needs are transformed into social institutions serving their own purposes regardless of real social needs.

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Carroll Quigley

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Publisher
Liberty Fund Inc
Publication date
1979
Language
English
ISBN 10 
0913966576
ISBN 13 
9780913966570
Binding
Paperback
Number of pages
444

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