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Secular Cycles Secular Cycles (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.09 — 211 ratings — published 2009
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Ultrasociety: How 10,000 Years of War Made Humans the Greatest Cooperators on Earth Ultrasociety: How 10,000 Years of War Made Humans the Greatest Cooperators on Earth (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 4.12 — 457 ratings — published 2015
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War and Peace and War: The Rise and Fall of Empires War and Peace and War: The Rise and Fall of Empires (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.17 — 911 ratings — published 2005
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Historical Dynamics: Why States Rise and Fall (Princeton Studies in Complexity) Historical Dynamics: Why States Rise and Fall (Princeton Studies in Complexity)
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avg rating 4.20 — 92 ratings — published 2003
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End Times: Elites, Counter-Elites, and the Path of Political Disintegration End Times: Elites, Counter-Elites, and the Path of Political Disintegration (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.07 — 2,529 ratings — published 2023
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Ages of Discord Ages of Discord (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.11 — 415 ratings — published 2016
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Historical Dynamics and Development of Complex Societies Historical Dynamics and Development of Complex Societies (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.60 — 5 ratings — published 2006
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The Debated Mind: Evolutionary Psychology versus Ethnography The Debated Mind: Evolutionary Psychology versus Ethnography (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.90 — 10 ratings — published 2001
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The Decline of the West The Decline of the West (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.06 — 2,220 ratings — published 1918
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Figuring Out The Past: The 3,495 Vital Statistics that Explain World History Figuring Out The Past: The 3,495 Vital Statistics that Explain World History (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.01 — 116 ratings — published 2020
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Political Demography: How Population Changes are Reshaping International Security and National Politics Political Demography: How Population Changes are Reshaping International Security and National Politics (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.10 — 10 ratings — published 2011
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Revolution and Rebellion in the Early Modern World Revolution and Rebellion in the Early Modern World (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.15 — 59 ratings — published 1991
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The Predictioneer's Game: Using the Logic of Brazen Self-Interest to See and Shape the Future The Predictioneer's Game: Using the Logic of Brazen Self-Interest to See and Shape the Future (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.62 — 905 ratings — published 2009
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The Structure of Scientific Revolutions The Structure of Scientific Revolutions (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.03 — 29,858 ratings — published 1962
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Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind Sapiens: A Brief History of Humankind (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.33 — 1,253,593 ratings — published 2011
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Story of Civilization Story of Civilization (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.43 — 1,805 ratings — published 1975
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Immoderate Greatness: Why Civilizations Fail Immoderate Greatness: Why Civilizations Fail (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 4.05 — 494 ratings — published 2012
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Plato's Revenge: Politics in the Age of Ecology Plato's Revenge: Politics in the Age of Ecology (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.23 — 77 ratings — published 2011
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Hunters Hunters (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.00 — 4 ratings — published
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Primitive social organization: an evolutionary perspective (Studies in anthropology) Primitive social organization: an evolutionary perspective (Studies in anthropology)
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avg rating 3.75 — 4 ratings — published 1971
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Profiles in Ethnology Profiles in Ethnology (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.20 — 15 ratings — published 1990
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Origins of the state: The anthropology of political evolution Origins of the state: The anthropology of political evolution (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.25 — 4 ratings — published 1978
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Origins Of The State Origins Of The State (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.07 — 27 ratings — published 1975
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Stranger in a Strange Land Stranger in a Strange Land (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.92 — 326,340 ratings — published 1961
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Foundation (Foundation, #1) Foundation (Foundation, #1)
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avg rating 4.17 — 594,394 ratings — published 1951
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Disunited Nations: Succeeding in a World Where No One Gets Along Disunited Nations: Succeeding in a World Where No One Gets Along (ebook)
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avg rating 4.25 — 3,243 ratings — published 2020
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How History Gets Things Wrong: The Neuroscience of Our Addiction to Stories How History Gets Things Wrong: The Neuroscience of Our Addiction to Stories (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.31 — 230 ratings — published
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Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.94 — 74,591 ratings — published 2004
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Foundations of Real-World Economics: What Every Economics Student Needs to Know Foundations of Real-World Economics: What Every Economics Student Needs to Know (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.46 — 13 ratings — published
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Paradoxes of Growth: Laws of Global Development of Humanity Paradoxes of Growth: Laws of Global Development of Humanity (Paperback)
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avg rating 5.00 — 1 rating — published
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The Oxford Handbook of Economics and Human Biology The Oxford Handbook of Economics and Human Biology (Hardcover)
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avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published
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Principles of Economics for a Post-Meltdown World (SpringerBriefs in Economics) Principles of Economics for a Post-Meltdown World (SpringerBriefs in Economics)
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avg rating 4.33 — 3 ratings — published
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What Every Economics Student Needs to Know and Doesn't Get in the Usual Principles Text What Every Economics Student Needs to Know and Doesn't Get in the Usual Principles Text (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.06 — 18 ratings — published 2014
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What happened in prehistory? What happened in prehistory? (ebook)
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avg rating 3.85 — 20 ratings — published 2012
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World Prehistory: Two Million Years of Human Life World Prehistory: Two Million Years of Human Life (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.00 — 2 ratings — published 2002
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Religion in the Emergence of Civilization: Çatalhöyük as a Case Study Religion in the Emergence of Civilization: Çatalhöyük as a Case Study (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.30 — 37 ratings — published 2010
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Conflict Sociology: A Sociological Classic Updated (Studies in Comparative Social Science) Conflict Sociology: A Sociological Classic Updated (Studies in Comparative Social Science)
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avg rating 4.38 — 13 ratings — published 1975
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Ancient Human Migrations: A Multidisciplinary Approach (Foundations of Archaeological Inquiry) Ancient Human Migrations: A Multidisciplinary Approach (Foundations of Archaeological Inquiry)
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avg rating 3.00 — 1 rating — published 2009
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The Encyclopedia of Political Revolutions The Encyclopedia of Political Revolutions (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.00 — 2 ratings — published 1998
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Physical Anthropology: Original Readings in Method and Practice Physical Anthropology: Original Readings in Method and Practice (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.67 — 3 ratings — published 2001
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Religion, Anthropology, and Cognitive Science Religion, Anthropology, and Cognitive Science (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.50 — 4 ratings — published 2007
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Stature, Living Standards, and Economic Development: Essays in Anthropometric History Stature, Living Standards, and Economic Development: Essays in Anthropometric History (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.00 — 2 ratings — published 1994
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The Muqaddimah: An Introduction to History The Muqaddimah: An Introduction to History (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.30 — 4,836 ratings — published 1377
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Violence: A Micro-sociological Theory Violence: A Micro-sociological Theory (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.09 — 125 ratings — published 2008
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The Case of the Philosophers' Ring by Dr. John H. Watson The Case of the Philosophers' Ring by Dr. John H. Watson (Hardcover)
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avg rating 2.91 — 57 ratings — published 1978
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Archaeology: Original Readings in Method and Practice Archaeology: Original Readings in Method and Practice (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.00 — 6 ratings — published 2001
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Archaeological Research: A Brief Introduction Archaeological Research: A Brief Introduction (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.29 — 7 ratings — published 2000
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Arguments and Icons: Divergent Modes of Religiosity Arguments and Icons: Divergent Modes of Religiosity (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.29 — 7 ratings — published 2000
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Peter Turchin
“Group minds are a result of collective discussion and working out of a consensus, which can be listened to (unlike an unreadable mind). Arriving at a common program of action often leaves physical traces, such as meeting minutes and programmatic documents. Of course, some groups are quite secretive about their inner decision-making processes. Here’s where
whistleblowers like Julian Assange and Edward Snowden become essential for a sociologist of power.”
Peter Turchin, End Times: Elites, Counter-Elites, and the Path of Political Disintegration

Peter Turchin
“...science is not only about building carefully-constructed theories that explain general phenomena. It is also, and primarily, about distinguishing good explanations from bad ones. This is where traditional history has been deficient. Historians have created, and continue to create, new explanations, but they are not in the business of testing them with data.”
Peter Turchin, Ultrasociety: How 10,000 Years of War Made Humans the Greatest Cooperators on Earth

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