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Human societies : an introduction to macrosociology / Gerhard Lenski ; Jean Lenski

Lenski, Gerhard Emmanuel, 1924-2015 ; Lenski, Jean, 1928-1994

3. ed.

New York [u.a.] : MacGraw-Hill, 1978

XII, 515 S : Ill., graph. Darst

Englisch

eb 20240324 ; 1 (Rechtsgrundlage DE-4165)

0-07-037174-1

OCoLC: 2818359     

OCoLC: 02818359 (aus SWB)     

MQ 1200      Ähnliche Literatur

301

Basisklassifikation: 77.60 (Sozialpsychologie: Allgemeines)

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Taking a macrosociological, global approach, Human Societies offers an introduction to sociology that is truly comparative, cross-cultural, and historical. It compares societies over time and across environments, emphasizing the dynamics of social change. Its clearly developed ecological-evolutionary perspective provides a powerful theoretical framework for understanding the array of social arrangements found in human societies over the past 100,000 years. Since industrial societies are encountered only after this theoretical base has been firmly established and older, simpler, and smaller societies have been examined in detail, students see their own society (and other contemporary societies) in a broader and more meaningful way. By showing how social arrangements are related to the environmental and technological context societies are situated in, Human Societies encourages students to look for the reasons why social arrangements are the way they are, and why they change over time.