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008 140707s2015 nyua b 001 0 eng
020 _a9780199382453
040 _beng
_erda
_cHKGCC
_dHKGCC
090 3 _aHM490
_b.N65 2015
100 1 _aNolan, Patrick,
_d1947-
245 1 0 _aHuman societies :
_ban introduction to macrosociology /
_cPatrick Nolan, University of South Carolina at Columbia, Gerhard Lenski, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
250 _aTwelfth Edition.
260 _aNew York :
_bOxford University Press,
_c2015
300 _axii, 468 pages :
_billustrations ;
_c23 cm
336 _atext
_btxt
_2rdacontent
337 _aunmediated
_bn
_2rdamedia
338 _avolume
_bnc
_2rdacarrier
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 419-458) and index.
505 0 _aPreface -- Theoretical foundations -- The human condition -- Human societies as sociocultural systems -- The evolution of human societies -- Types of human societies -- Preindustrial societies -- Hunting and gathering societies -- Horticultural societies -- Agrarian societies -- Some evolutionary bypaths and a brief review -- Industrial societies and industrializing societies -- 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 hybrid societies -- Retrospect and prospect -- Glossary -- Appendix -- Notes -- Photo and art credits -- Index.
650 0 _aMacrosociology
650 0 _aSocial evolution
650 0 _aSocial systems
_xHistory
700 1 _aLenski, Gerhard,
_d1924-
942 _2lcc
_cBK
999 _c10557
_d10557