The Evolution Of Civilizations by Carroll Quigley
An Introduction to Historical Analysis
The book presents a comparative, structural analysis of how complex societies form, expand, institutionalize and eventually decay, arguing that civilizations follow recurring patterns driven by social organization, technological and economic change, and the dynamics of ruling elites; a small creative minority initiates growth and innovation, institutions that once enabled success become rigid and create internal tensions, elite factionalism and social mechanization undermine vitality, and new social forces or external conditions eventually replace the old order. It emphasizes long-term cycles rather than isolated events and draws on multiple historical cases to identify the social processes that shape rises and falls of civilizations.
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- 1961
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- American
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- English
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