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Author Scheidel, Walter, 1966-
Title The great leveler : violence and the history of inequality from the Stone Age to the twenty-first century / Walter Scheidel.
Alternative Title Violence and the history of inequality from the Stone Age to the twenty-first century
Violence and the history of inequality from the Stone Age to the 21st century
Publisher Princeton ; Oxford : Princeton University Press, [2017]
Copyright date ©2017


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Descript 1 online resource (xvii, 504 pages) : illustrations.
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Contents Introduction : The challenge of inequality -- Part I. A brief history of inequality : The rise of inequality -- Empires of inequality -- Up and down -- Part II. War : Total war -- The great compression -- Preindustrial warfare and civil war -- Part III. Revolution : Communism -- Before Lenin -- Part IV. Collapse : State failure and systems collapse -- Part V. Plague : The black death -- Pandemics, famine, and war -- Part VI. Alternatives : Reform, recession, and representation -- Economic development and education -- What If?: From history to counterfactuals -- Part VII. Inequality redux and the future of leveling : In our time -- What does the future hold? -- Appendix : The limits of inequality.
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Author Scheidel, Walter, 1966-
Series The Princeton economic history of the Western world
Princeton economic history of the Western world.
Subject Equality -- History.
Violence -- History.
Alternative Title Violence and the history of inequality from the Stone Age to the twenty-first century
Violence and the history of inequality from the Stone Age to the 21st century
Descript 1 online resource (xvii, 504 pages) : illustrations.
Content text txt
Media computer c
Carrier online resource cr
Contents Introduction : The challenge of inequality -- Part I. A brief history of inequality : The rise of inequality -- Empires of inequality -- Up and down -- Part II. War : Total war -- The great compression -- Preindustrial warfare and civil war -- Part III. Revolution : Communism -- Before Lenin -- Part IV. Collapse : State failure and systems collapse -- Part V. Plague : The black death -- Pandemics, famine, and war -- Part VI. Alternatives : Reform, recession, and representation -- Economic development and education -- What If?: From history to counterfactuals -- Part VII. Inequality redux and the future of leveling : In our time -- What does the future hold? -- Appendix : The limits of inequality.
Note Unlimited number of concurrent users. UkHlHU
ISBN 9780691184319 (e-book)
Author Scheidel, Walter, 1966-
Series The Princeton economic history of the Western world
Princeton economic history of the Western world.
Subject Equality -- History.
Violence -- History.
Alternative Title Violence and the history of inequality from the Stone Age to the twenty-first century
Violence and the history of inequality from the Stone Age to the 21st century

Subject Equality -- History.
Violence -- History.
Descript 1 online resource (xvii, 504 pages) : illustrations.
Content text txt
Media computer c
Carrier online resource cr
Contents Introduction : The challenge of inequality -- Part I. A brief history of inequality : The rise of inequality -- Empires of inequality -- Up and down -- Part II. War : Total war -- The great compression -- Preindustrial warfare and civil war -- Part III. Revolution : Communism -- Before Lenin -- Part IV. Collapse : State failure and systems collapse -- Part V. Plague : The black death -- Pandemics, famine, and war -- Part VI. Alternatives : Reform, recession, and representation -- Economic development and education -- What If?: From history to counterfactuals -- Part VII. Inequality redux and the future of leveling : In our time -- What does the future hold? -- Appendix : The limits of inequality.
Note Unlimited number of concurrent users. UkHlHU
ISBN 9780691184319 (e-book)
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