Social Change Globalization from the Stone Age to the Present 1st Edition by Christopher Chase Dunn

Assessment Material For The Evolution of Society and Globalization: A Journey Through Time

• ISBN-10: 1612053289
• ISBN-13: 978-1612053288

From ancient times to the digital era, this publication narrates the progression of human socio-cultural transformation. It illustrates the circumstances in which foragers, gardeners, agricultural empires, and industrial capitalist societies emerged, prospered, and waned. Drawing from findings in archaeology, ethnography, linguistics, historical records, data analysis, and surveys, the writers chart the development of human communities and their intricacies, and examine the struggles in hierarchies both within and between communities. They also detail the connections between cultural evolution, history, and the shaping of individual identity, thought processes, and viewpoints. Distinctive aspects of the material Tailored for undergraduate and graduate social science courses on dynamics of society and global connection subjects in sociology, global history, cultural geography, anthropology, and global studies. Describes the progression of the contemporary capitalist global system from the fourteenth century BCE, including the ascents and descents of system leaders: the Dutch in the seventeenth century, the British in the nineteenth century, and the United States in the twentieth century. Offers a structure for scrutinizing trends in societal transformation.