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The Savage Wars of Peace

England, Japan and the Malthusian Trap

By: A. Macfarlane

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The Savage Wars of Peace

England, Japan and the Malthusian Trap

By: A. Macfarlane

This book aims to solve the problem of how parts of mankind escaped from an apparently inevitable trap of war, famine and disease in the last three hundred years. Through a detailed comparative analysis of English and Japanese history it explores such matters as the destruction of war, decline of famine, importance of certain drinks (especially tea), the use of human excrement and the effects of housing, clothing and bathing on human health. It also shows how the English and Japanese controlled fertility through marriage and sexual patterns, biological and contraceptive factors, abortion and infanticide.

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0230598323

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9780230598324

The Riddle of the Modern World

Of Liberty, Wealth and Equality

By: A. Macfarlane

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The Riddle of the Modern World

Of Liberty, Wealth and Equality

By: A. Macfarlane

What conditions the chances of liberty, wealth and equality at the start of the third Christian millennium? Why did human civilizations develop so slowly for thousands of years, and then transform themselves during the last three hundred? This study of four great thinkers who lived between 1689 and 1995, Montesquieu, Adam Smith, De Tocqueville, and Ernest Gellner, weaves their lives and works together and through their own words shows how they approached the question of the nature of man, his past and his future.

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332

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1403913919

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9781403913913

The Making of the Modern World

Visions from the West and East

By: A. Macfarlane

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The Making of the Modern World

Visions from the West and East

By: A. Macfarlane

At the start of the third Christian millennium we are aware of massive political, economic and ideological changes which condition the chances of liberty, wealth and equality. Yet it is surprisingly difficult for us to understand these forces, for we cannot see what surrounds us so closely. This book analyses our condition by looking at the work of two great thinkers, one of whom provides a deep historical perspective, the other a wide comparative analysis. F.W. Maitland (1850-1906) was more than the greatest professional historian of modern times, he was a philosopher who provides a brilliant sketch of how our strange world has come about, particularly in his work on associations and trusts. Yukichi Fukuzawa (1835-1901) more than any other created the institutions of modern Japan. As an outsider he provides a brilliant insight into the heart of the new capitalist and industrial civilization which had emerged in the west.

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327

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1403913900

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9781403913906

Book's by A. Macfarlane

The Savage Wars of Peace

The Savage Wars of Peace

The Riddle of the Modern World

The Riddle of the Modern World

The Making of the Modern World

The Making of the Modern World

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