Biohistory / by Jim Penman.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Penman, Jim, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Human ecology--History.

Human ecology.

Human ecology--History--Cross-cultural studies.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (621 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Newcastle upon Tyne, England : Cambridge Scholars Publishing, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Biohistory is a revolutionary new theory that explores the biological and behavioural underpinnings of social change, including the rise and fall of civilisations.Informed by significant research into the physiological basis of behaviour conducted by author Dr Jim Penman and a team of scientists at RMIT University and the Florey Institute in Melbourne, Australia, Biohistory examines how a complex interplay between culture and biology has shaped civilisations from the Roman Empire to the modern West.Penman proposes that historical changes are driven by changes in the prevailing temperament of p

Contents:

TABLE OF CONTENTS; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; INTRODUCTION; CHAPTER ONE; CHAPTER TWO; CHAPTER THREE; CHAPTER FOUR; CHAPTER FIVE; CHAPTER SIX; CHAPTER SEVEN; CHAPTER EIGHT; CHAPTER NINE; CHAPTER TEN; CHAPTER ELEVEN; CHAPTER TWELVE; CHAPTER THIRTEEN; CHAPTER FOURTEEN; CHAPTER FIFTEEN; CHAPTER SIXTEEN; CHAPTER SEVENTEEN; GLOSSARY OF TERMS

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed March 16, 2015).

ISBN:

1-4438-7575-9

OCLC:

904425097