War and peace and war : the life cycles of imperial nations / (Record no. 3794)
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| 000 -LEADER | |
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| fixed length control field | 01677cam a2200181 a 4500 |
| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 0131499963 |
| 040 ## - CATALOGING SOURCE | |
| Transcribing agency | CUS |
| 082 00 - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 900 |
| Item number | TUR/W |
| 100 1# - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Turchin, Peter, |
| 245 10 - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | War and peace and war : the life cycles of imperial nations / |
| Statement of responsibility, etc. | Peter Turchin. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc. | New York : |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc. | Pi Press, |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc. | c2006. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | viii, 405 p. : |
| Other physical details | maps ; |
| Dimensions | 24 cm. |
| 505 ## - FORMATTED CONTENTS NOTE | |
| Formatted contents note | Part 1 : Imperiogenesis -- The rise of empires<br/>1. A band of adventures defeats a kingdom / Ermak's Conquering Cossacks -- 2. Life on the edge / The transformation of Russia- and America -- 3. Slaughter in the forest / At the limites of the Roman empire -- 4. Asabiya in the desert / Ibn Kaldun discovers the key to history -- 5. The myth of self-Interest / and the science of cooperation -- 6.Born to be wolves / the origins of Rome -- A medieval black hole /The rise of the Great European powers on Carolingian Marches <br/><br/>Part 2: Imperiorathosis -- The fall of empires<br/>8.The other side of the wheel of fortune / from the glorious thirteenth century into the abyss of the fourteenth -- 9. A new idea of Renaissance / why human conflict is like a forest fire and an Epidemic -- 10. The Matthew principle / why the rich get richer and the poor get poorer -- 11. Wheels with in wheels / the many declines of the Roman Empire<br/><br/>Part 3 : Cliodynamics -- A new kind of history<br/>12. War and peace and particles / the science of history -- 13. The bowling Alley in history / measuring the decline of social capital -- 14. The end of Empire? / how the mobile phone is changing cliodynamics |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT | |
| Keyword | World history. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT | |
| Keyword | History |
| General subdivision | Mathematical models. |
| 650 #0 - SUBJECT | |
| Keyword | Historiometry. |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Koha item type | GN Books |
| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Damaged status | Not for loan | Home library | Current library | Shelving location | Date acquired | Full call number | Accession number | Date last seen | Koha item type |
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| Central Library, Sikkim University | Central Library, Sikkim University | General Book Section | 27/06/2016 | 900 TUR/W | P02391 | 10/02/2023 | General Books |