The parable of the tribes : the problem of power in social evolution /

Main Author: Schmookler, Andrew Bard.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Albany : State University of New York Press, ©1995.
Edition:2nd ed.
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Online Access:http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=6170
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250 |a 2nd ed. 
260 |a Albany :  |b State University of New York Press,  |c ©1995. 
300 |a 1 online resource (xi, 413 pages) 
504 |a Includes bibliographical references (pages 350-377) and index. 
505 2 |a Bk. I. The Parable of the Tribes. 1. The Parable of the Tribes. 2. Understanding Change. 3. The Common Sense: Selection by Human Choice. 4. The Rube Goldberg Problem: A Critique of the Commonsense Theory. 5. Toward A Bigger Vision. 6. The Way of Life. 7. The Emergence of Culture. 8. The Breakthrough to Civilization. 9. The Struggle for Power. 10. The Selection for Power: The Parable of the Tribes. 11. The Reign of Power. 12. Power versus Choice in Social Evolution. 13. A Tragic View of Human Destiny. 14. Hope. 2. The Theft of Human Choice. 1. Unfree Choices. 2. Two Great Waves of Change. 3. Heads I Win, Tails You Lose: The Non-Alternatives of the Parable of the Tribes. 4. Qualifications: Limits on the Transformative Effects of Conquest. 5. Choosing the Choosers: The Historymakers. 6. The Mother of Invention. 3. Shaped by Power. 1. Red Sky at Morning: The Dawn of Civilization and the Rise of Warfare. 2. The Evolution Toward Larger Societies. 
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