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The Measure of Civilisation: The Story of Why the West Rules for Now by Ian Morris
$40.00 AUD
Category: History
This title offers a unique insight into the index of social development that measures change in East and West - and that forms the core of the international bestseller. In "Why the West Rules - For Now" Ian Morris argues that to understand the development of East and West, we need to look beyond 'long-t ...Show more
War: What is it good for?: The role of conflict in civilisation, from primates to robots by Ian Morris
$35.00 AUD
Category: War
War is one of the greatest human evils. It has ruined livelihoods, provoked unspeakable atrocities and left countless millions dead. It has caused economic chaos and widespread deprivation. And the misery it causes poisons foreign policy for future generations. But, argues bestselling historian Ian Morr ...Show more
Why the West Rules - For Now Patterns of History and What They Reveal About the Future by Ian Morris
$25.00 AUD
Category: History
Secondhand. Why does the West rule? Eminent Stanford polymath Ian Morris answers this provocative question, drawing uniquely on 15,000 years of history and archaeology, and the methods of social science. In the middle of the eighteenth century, British entrepreneurs unleashed the astounding energies of ...Show more
Why the West Rules - for Now: The Patterns of History and what they reveal about the future by Ian Morris
$59.99 AUD
Category: History
There are two broad schools of thought on why the West rules. Proponents of 'Long-Term Lock-In' theories such as Jared Diamond suggest that from time immemorial, some critical factor - geography, climate, or culture perhaps - made East and West unalterably different, and determined that the industrial r ...Show more
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