The Social Cage
Human Nature and the Evolution of Society
Published on 1. January 1993
Book
Hardback
228 pages
978-0-8047-2002-1 (ISBN)
Description
A Stanford University Press classic.
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Edition
New edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Palo Alto
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Edition type
New edition
Product notice
Cloth
Dimensions
Height: 229 mm
Width: 152 mm
Thickness: 18 mm
Weight
508 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8047-2002-1 (9780804720021)
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Content
1. Humans are animals 2. The origins of human social structure 3. The origins of human culture 4. The first human society: hunters and gatherers 5. The cage of kinship: horticultural societies 6. The cage of power: agrarian societies 7. Breaking out of the social cage: industrial societies 8. The overly social conception of humans and society Bibliography Index.