How Societies Change
eBook - ePub

How Societies Change

  1. 184 pages
  2. English
  3. ePUB (mobile friendly)
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eBook - ePub

How Societies Change

About this book

How have societies changed over the past 5,000 years? Welcome to the brief, manageable macro-sociology text that takes your students on a journey to answer this question.

This book, the only brief and affordable macro-sociology text available for undergraduates, describes how societies have changed over the past five thousand years. The discussion focuses on the idea that industrial societies, despite their great success, have created a new set of recurring and unsolved problems which will serve as a major impetus for further social change. This book explores development through historical narrative and examines the globalization/development paradox through in-depth case studies.

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Information

Publisher
SAGE Publications, Inc
Year
2011
Print ISBN
9781412992565
eBook ISBN
9781452237152
Edition
2
Topic
Social Sciences
Subtopic
Sociology
Index
Social Sciences

Table of contents

  1. Cover Page
  2. Foreword
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright
  5. Contents
  6. Preface
  7. Dedication
  8. 1. Evolution and Early Human Societies
  9. 2. Agrarian Societies
  10. 3. The Rise of the West
  11. 4. The Modern Era
  12. 5. Toward a Theory of Social Change
  13. Bibliography
  14. Index
  15. About the Author

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