In the last thirty years, there have been fierce debates over how civilizations develop and why the West became so powerful.
Using a groundbreaking numerical index of Social Development that compares societies in different times and places, award-winning author Ian Morris sets forth a sweeping examination of Eastern and Western.
The Measure of Civilization presents a brand-new way of investigating these questions and provides new tools for assessing the long-term growth of societies.
In the last thirty years, there have been fierce debates over how civilizations develop and why the West became so powerful