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The Evolution of Civilizations: An Introduction to Historical Analysis

By CARROLL QUIGLEY

Book information

Publisher
Textbook Publishers
Year
1961
ISBN
0758190174, 9780758190178
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
17 MB (17478055 bytes)
Pages
281\456
Time added
2021-12-13 02:15:22

Description

Carroll Quigley was a legendary teacher at the Georgetown School of Foreign Service. His course on the history of civilization was extraordinary in its scope and in its impact on his students.Like the course, "The Evolution of Civilizations" is a comprehensive and perceptive look at the factors behind the rise and fall of civilizations.Quigley defines a civilization as "a producing society with an instrument of expansion." A civilization's decline is not inevitable but occurs when its "instrument" of expansion is transformed into an "institution"--that is, when social arrangements that meet real social needs are transformed into social institutions serving their own purposes regardless of real social needs.

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