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$4.95, Cloth, 224 pages, 1969

The Nature of Civilizations, Matthew Melko 

 

Table of Contents


Introduction by Crane Brinton 

Chapter I THE CONCEPT OF CIVILIZATIONS
1: The Need For A Model
2: Comparative Historians
3: How Civilizations Are Integrated
4: The Unique Character Of Each Civilization
5: Boundaries Of Civilizations
6: Size Delineations Of Civilizations
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Chapter II: HOW CIVILIZATIONS DEVELOP
1: Change And Continuity
2: Origins And Liberation
3: Collapses And Recoveries
4: Regularities And Anomalies
5: In Defense Of Determinism
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Chapter III POLITICAL AND ECONOMIC PATTERNS
1: Feudal, State And Imperial Places
2: A Preliminary Model
3: Patterns Of War
4: Patterns Of Government
5: Economic Patterns 
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Chapter IV INTELLECTUAL AND EMOTIONAL PATTERNS

1: Attitudes Toward The World
2: Attitudes Toward Society
3: Attitudes Toward Man
4: Attitudes Toward Form
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Chapter V A MODEL OF DEVELOPMENT

1: Charting The Model
2: The Feudal System
3: The Warning Of The Middle Ages
4: The State System
5: The Time Of Troubles
6: The Imperial System
7: Does The Model Work?

Chapter VI WHEN CIVILIZATIONS COLLIDE

1: Transmission Between Civilizations
2: Conflict Between Civilizations
3: The Reasons For Conflict
4: The Barbarian Menace
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Chapter VII THE CIVILIZATIONS TO END ALL CIVILIZATION
1: Is Western Civilization Unique?
2: Are Civilizations Obsolescent?
3: Does History Have A Pattern?
4: Does The Past Have A Future?
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Bibliography

Index

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