"In the last thirty years, there have been fierce debates over how civilizations develop and why the West became so powerful. The Measure of Civilization presents a brand-new way of investigating these questions and provides new tools for assessing the long-term growth of societ…
Since 9/11, the American government has presumed to speak and act in the name of "civilization". But isthat how the rest of the world sees it? And if not, why not? Stephen Mennell leads up to such contemporary questions through a careful study of the whole span of American devel…
Since 9/11, the American government has presumed to speak and act in the name of "civilization". But isthat how the rest of the world sees it? And if not, why not? Stephen Mennell leads up to such contemporary questions through a careful study of the whole span of American devel…
Biographical note: Thomas Ertl, Freie Universität Berlin.
"Die Monographie untersucht anhand der deutschen Franziskaner den Anteil der Bettelmönche am sozialen Wandel des späten Mittelalters. Die Bettelmönche strebten danach, die in einem starken Wandel befindliche Gesellschaft des späteren Mittelalters zu reglementieren. Dies geschah …
"Until very recently, we had no detailed record of climate changes during the Holocene. Now we do, and Brian Fagan shows us how climate functioned as what historian Paul Kennedy described as one of the "deeper transformations" of history - a more important factor than we have he…
"Until very recently, we had no detailed record of climate changes during the Holocene. Now we do, and Brian Fagan shows us how climate functioned as what historian Paul Kennedy described as one of the "deeper transformations" of history - a more important factor than we have he…
"This collection demonstrates how the civilizing mission can serve as an analytical rubric with relevance to many themes in the colonial and postcolonial eras: economic development, state building, pacification, nationalism, cultural improvement, gender and generational relation…
This collection provides a historical exploration of the tensions and complexities of civilizing missions undertaken by British or Indian states or organizations in nineteenth- and twentieth-century South Asia.
Paläolithikum - Mesolithikum - Neolithikum.
A fascinating, far-reaching study of how our species' innate capacity for culture altered the course of our social and evolutionary history.
A fascinating, far-reaching study of how our species' innate capacity for culture altered the course of our social and evolutionary history.
