{"product_id":"all-societies-die-9781501755903","title":"All Societies Die","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eAll Societies Die\u003c\/i\u003e is judiciously researched and expertly written, and its philosophical insights could potentially make the difference between utopia and dystopia in both the present and the future. Highly recommended, especially for public and college library Social Issues collections.\u003c\/p\u003e * Midwest Book Review *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis exciting and thought-provoking book provides a brief historical analysis of the causes of death of great civilizations by depicting factors that led to the collapse of powerful empires.\u003c\/p\u003e * Social Forces *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn this highly accessible and thought-provoking book, Cohn addresses the factors that contribute to societal collapse with the aim of identifying what needs to be collectively addressed to avoid the collapse of today's global society. Informed by historical and contemporary sources, this is an important contribution to historical and political sociology collections.\u003c\/p\u003e * Choice *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eTHE REALITY OF SOCIETAL DEATH\u003cbr\u003e 1. All Societies Die\u003cbr\u003e 2. Is a Fall Really a Fall?\u003cbr\u003e 3. The Fall of the Byzantine Empire: The Greatest Story You've Never Heard\u003cbr\u003e 4. The End Comes to Byzantium\u003cbr\u003e 5. The Environmental Causes of Violence in the Middle East\u003cbr\u003e 6. The French Revolution: Fighting about Taxes at the Worst Possible Time\u003cbr\u003e 7. How States Actually Die: The Real-Life Death of Somalia\u003cbr\u003e 8. Somalia after the Fall\u003cbr\u003e 9. What Links These Stories?\u003cbr\u003e TEMPTING FALSE STEPS\u003cbr\u003e 10. Rethinking Ecological Catastrophe\u003cbr\u003e 11. Rethinking Moral Crisis\u003cbr\u003e THINKING BIG ABOUT THINKING BIG\u003cbr\u003e 12. Networks of Cooperation\u003cbr\u003e 13. Why Bigger Is Better\u003cbr\u003e 14. Legitimation: So Hard to Earn, So Precious to Have\u003cbr\u003e 15. Psychological Foundations of Societal Survival\u003cbr\u003e WHAT WOULD BE LOST\u003cbr\u003e 16. Progress That Is Real: The Reduction of Poverty\u003cbr\u003e 17. Progress That Is Real: The Improvement in Health\u003cbr\u003e 18. Progress That Is Real: The Reduction of Violent Crime\u003cbr\u003e THE SEEDS OF TROUBLE\u003cbr\u003e 19. The Motivation to Not Cooperate: The Origins of Civilization in Raiding\u003cbr\u003e 20. Primitive Accumulation Today: Raiding Is Not Dead\u003cbr\u003e 21. he Motivation to Not Cooperate: How Europe Historically Underdeveloped Much of the World\u003cbr\u003e 22. What Can Go Wrong When Western Companies Invest in Poor Nations\u003cbr\u003e 23. Cycles of Catastrophic Debt\u003cbr\u003e THE HIDDEN SOURCE OF STRENGTH\u003cbr\u003e 24. East Asian Secrets of Economic Growth\u003cbr\u003e 25. Big Government and Prosperity in the United States\u003cbr\u003e 26. The Miracle of Airports\u003cbr\u003e 27. The Origins of National Technological Advantage\u003cbr\u003e 28. The Economic Returns to Funding Scientific Research\u003cbr\u003e 29. The Tax Revolt: How the Conservative Middle Class Became the Revolutionary Class of Capitalism\u003cbr\u003e 30. Why Tax Cuts Do Not Create Jobs\u003cbr\u003e CRIME, CORRUPTION AND VIOLENCE\u003cbr\u003e 31. The Explosion of Crime in the Global South\u003cbr\u003e 32. The Parallel Power: The Criminal Second State\u003cbr\u003e 33. A Guide to Corruption for Naive Idealists\u003cbr\u003e 34. Technical Demoralization\u003cbr\u003e 35. What It Takes to Clean Up Corruption\u003cbr\u003e 36. Ethnic Violence: The Economic Basis of Hatred\u003cbr\u003e 37. Working at Creating a Culture of Hatred\u003cbr\u003e 38. Landlessness and Political Violence\u003cbr\u003e 39. Landlessness and Political Violence: The Evidence\u003cbr\u003e 40. The Global Land Grab\u003cbr\u003e 41. Population Growth and Landlessness\u003cbr\u003e TRIGGERS OF DESTRUCTION\u003cbr\u003e 42. Triggers of Destruction\u003cbr\u003e 43. Long-Term Booms and Busts in Capitalism\u003cbr\u003e 44. Technological and International Causes of Stagnation\u003cbr\u003e 45. Will There Be a Sixth Mensch Cycle?\u003cbr\u003e 46. Ever-Expanding Frontiers of Ecological Destruction\u003cbr\u003e 47. Why Women's Power Matters\u003cbr\u003e 48. Patriarchy Redux?\u003cbr\u003e THE CIRCLE OF SOCIETAL DEATH\u003cbr\u003e 49. The Circle of Societal Death\u003cbr\u003e 50. Triggering the Circle of Societal Death\u003cbr\u003e CHANGING THE CULTURE, CHANGING THE WORLD\u003cbr\u003e 51. Creating a Culture of Societal Survival\u003cbr\u003e 52. Changing the Culture of One-Third of the World: How Christianity Spread from Palestine\u003cbr\u003e 53. Creating a Culture of Caretaking: Women in Ancient Rome and 2000's Uganda\u003cbr\u003e 54. Creating Lasting Meaningful Social Reform: The Abolition of Slavery I\u003cbr\u003e 55. Creating Lasting Meaningful Social Reform: The Abolition of Slavery II\u003cbr\u003e 56. Doing the Right Thing under Impossible Conditions: Saving the Jews under Nazism\u003cbr\u003e 57. What You Can Do to Save the World\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Cornell University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49409351811415,"sku":"9781501755903","price":19.94,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781501755903.jpg?v=1730506519","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/all-societies-die-9781501755903","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}