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100 1 $aTurchin, Peter,$d1957-$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n98000953
245 10 $aHistorical dynamics :$bwhy States rise and fall /$cPeter Turchin.
260 $aPrinceton, N.J. :$bPrinceton University Press,$c[2003], ©2003.
300 $axii, 245 pages :$billustrations ;$c24 cm.
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
490 1 $aPrinceton studies in complexity
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [226]-242) and index.
505 00 $gCh. 1.$tStatement of the Problem --$gCh. 2.$tGeopolitics --$gCh. 3.$tCollective Solidarity --$gCh. 4.$tThe Metaethnic Frontier Theory --$gCh. 5.$tAn Empirical Test of the Metaethnic Frontier Theory --$gCh. 6.$tEthnokinetics --$gCh. 7.$tThe Demographic-Structural Theory --$gCh. 8.$tSecular Cycles in Population Numbers --$gCh. 9.$tCase Studies --$gCh. 10.$tConclusion --$gApp. B.$tData Summaries for the Test of the Metaethnic Frontier Theory.
520 1 $a"Taking up the problem of territorial dynamics - why some polities at certain times expand and at other times contract - this book shows that a similar research program can advance our understanding of dynamical processes in history." "Peter Turchin develops hypotheses from a wide range of social, political, economic, and demographic factors: geopolitics, factors affecting collective solidarity, dynamics of ethnic assimilation/religious conversion, and the interaction between population dynamics and sociopolitical stability. He then translates these into a spectrum of mathematical models, investigates the dynamics predicted by the models, and contrasts model predictions with empirical patterns. Turchin's highly instructive empirical tests demonstrate that certain models predict empirical patterns with a high degree of accuracy. For instance, one model accounts for the recurrent waves of state breakdown in medieval and early modern Europe. And historical data confirm that ethno-nationalist solidarity produces an aggressively expansive state under certain conditions (such as in locations where imperial frontiers coincide with religious divides). The strength of Turchin's results suggests that the synthetic approach he advocates can significantly improve our understanding of historical dynamics."--BOOK JACKET.
650 0 $aHistory$xMathematical models.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85061217
650 0 $aHistorical sociology.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85061208
830 0 $aPrinceton studies in complexity.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n96109405
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