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Author North, Douglass C. (Douglass Cecil)

Title Violence and social orders : a conceptual framework for interpreting recorded human history / Douglass C. North, John Joseph Wallis, Barry R. Weingast.

Publication Info. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009.

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Description 1 online resource (xvii, 308 pages)
Physical Medium polychrome
Description text file
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 273-294) and index.
Contents The conceptual framework -- The natural state -- The natural state applied : English land law -- Open access orders -- The transition from limited to open access orders : the doorstep conditions -- The transition proper -- A new research agenda for the social sciences.
Summary All societies must deal with the possibility of violence, and they do so in different ways. This study integrates the problem of violence into a larger social science and historical framework, showing how economic and political behavior are closely linked.
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Subject Violence -- Economic aspects -- History.
Violence -- Economic aspects.
History.
Violence.
State, The -- History.
State, The.
Social control -- History.
Social control.
Genre/Form Electronic books.
History.
Added Author Wallis, John Joseph.
Weingast, Barry R.
Other Form: Print version: North, Douglass Cecil. Violence and social orders. Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009 (DLC) 2008040965
ISBN 9780511517839 (electronic book)
0511517831 (electronic book)
9780511517341 (e-book)
0511517343 (Paper)
0511575831 (electronic book)
9780511575839 (electronic book)
9780521761734 (hardback)
0521761735 (hardback)
Standard No. 9786612103780