| Description |
416 pages ; 25 cm |
| Contents |
The human situation -- Human societies as sociocultural systems -- The evolution of human societies -- Types of human societies -- Hunting and gathering societies -- Horticultural societies -- Agrarian societies -- Some evolutionary bypaths and a brief review -- The industrial revolution -- Industrial societies : technologies and economies -- Industrial societies : ideologies and polities -- Industrial societies : social stratification -- Industrial societies : population, the family, and leisure -- Industrializing societies -- Major social experiments of twentieth century : testing the limits of the possible -- Retrospect and prospect |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
| Subject |
Macrosociology.
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Social evolution.
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Social systems -- History.
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| Author |
Lenski, Gerhard, 1924-2015.
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| LC no. |
2005021862 |
| ISBN |
1594511438 paperback |
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