A brief natural history of civilization why a balance between cooperation & competition is vital to humanity / Mark Bertness.
| Author/creator | Bertness, Mark D., 1949- |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | New Haven : Yale University Press, [2020] |
| Description | xiv, 299 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Contents | Introduction: Why natural history? -- Life: where we came from : Cooperative life ; Life in the food chain ; Taming nature -- Civilization: who we are : The triumph and cure of civilization ; Resource exploitation ; Famine and disease ; Domination versus coopertion -- Fate: where we are going : Our ethnocentric, entheogenic universe ; Preserving food and improving health ; Civilization on fire ; Unnatural nature -- Epilogue: The natural history of civilizations. |
| Abstract | "Mark Bertness argues that human civilization is the product of the same self-organization, evolutionary competition, cooperation, and natural selection processes that have created all other life on Earth. This perspective reveals how human history is natural history and explores how humans, as a species, might have to consciously overrule our evolutionary drivers in order to survive future challenges"-- Provided by publisher |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (pages 253-285) and index. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2019949024 |
| ISBN | 0300245912 (hardcover ; alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9780300245912 (hardcover ; alk. paper) |
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| Electronic Resources | Access Content Online | ✔ Available |