Historical dynamics : why states rise and fall / Peter Turchin.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Turchin, Peter, 1957-

Series:

Princeton studies in complexity

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

History--Mathematical models.

History.

Historical sociology.

Physical Description:

xii, 245 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, [2003]

Summary:

"An important, original, and timely book--richly detailed and beautifully thought out."--Jack A. Goldstone, University of California, Davis

"This book is clearly the state of the art in formal modeling and computer simulation of long-term historical changes in territorial states. Elegantly formulated and clearly written, it takes an important topic to a new level of formal sophistication."--Randall Collins, University of Pennsylvania

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [226]-242) and index.

ISBN:

0691116695

OCLC:

52878266