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Author / Creator:Turchin, Peter, 1957- author.
Imprint:Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©2009.
Description:1 online resource (vii, 349 pages) : illustrations
Language:English
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Format: E-Resource Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11101258
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Other authors / contributors:Nefedov, S. A. (Sergeĭ Aleksandrovich), author.
ISBN:9781400830688
1400830680
9780691136967
0691136963
Digital file characteristics:text file
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (pages 317-339) and index.
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Summary:Many historical processes exhibit recurrent patterns of change. Century-long periods of population expansion come before long periods of stagnation and decline; the dynamics of prices mirror population oscillations; and states go through strong expansionist phases followed by periods of state failure, endemic sociopolitical instability, and territorial loss. Peter Turchin and Sergey Nefedov explore the dynamics and causal connections between such demographic, economic, and political variables in agrarian societies and offer detailed explanations for these long-term oscillations--what the au.
Other form:Print version: Turchin, Peter, 1957- Secular cycles. Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©2009 9780691136967