Human Societies: An Introduction to Macrosociology - Softcover

Nolan, Patrick; Lenski, Gerhard

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0199946027 ISBN 13: 9780199946020

Verlag: OUP USA, 2010

Inhaltsangabe

Book by Nolan Patrick Lenski Gerhard

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Reseña del editor

Taking a macrosociological, global approach, Human Societies offers an introduction to sociology that is truly comparative, cross-cultural, and historical. It compares societies over time and across environments, emphasizing the dynamics of social change. Its clearly developed ecological-evolutionary perspective provides a powerful theoretical framework for understanding the array of social arrangements found in human societies over the past 100,000 years. Since industrial societies are encountered only after this theoretical base has been firmly established and older, simpler, and smaller societies have been examined in detail, students see their own society (and other contemporary societies) in a broader and more meaningful way. By showing how social arrangements are related to the environmental and technological context societies are situated in, Human Societies encourages students to look for the reasons why social arrangements are the way they are, and why they change over time.

Biografía del autor

Patrick Nolan, University of South Carolina. Gerhard Lenski, University of North Carolina.

Details zur Ausgabe

• Verlag: OUP USA
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2010
• ISBN 10: 0199946027
• ISBN 13: 9780199946020
• Einband: Tapa blanda
• Sprache: Englisch
• Anzahl der Seiten: 430