The Evolution of Civilizations: An Introduction to Historical Analysis

Carroll Quigley

ISBN 10: 0913966576 / ISBN 13: 9780913966570

Published by Liberty Fund, Inc., 1979

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AN INTRODUCTION TO HISTORICAL ANALYSIS.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Evolution of Civilizations: An Introduction to Historical Analysis
• Publisher: Liberty Fund, Inc.
• Publication Date: 1979
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0913966576
• ISBN 13: 9780913966570
• Binding: Soft cover
• Edition: 2nd Edition
• Condition: Very Good
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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