Secular Cycles by Turchin, Peter
Secular Cycles by Turchin, Peter

Secular Cycles

Many historical processes exhibit recurrent patterns of change. Century-long periods of population expansion come before long periods...
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Author: Peter Turchin
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Secular Cycles by Turchin, Peter

Secular Cycles

CHF 131.22
Secular Cycles by Turchin, Peter

Secular Cycles

CHF 131.22
Author: Peter Turchin
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
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Many historical processes exhibit recurrent patterns of change. Century-long periods of population expansion come before long periods of stagnation and decline; the dynamics of prices mirror population oscillations; and states go through strong expansionist phases followed by periods of state failure, endemic sociopolitical instability, and territorial loss. Peter Turchin and Sergey Nefedov explore the dynamics and causal connections between such demographic, economic, and political variables in agrarian societies and offer detailed explanations for these long-term oscillations--what the authors call secular cycles.


Secular Cycles elaborates and expands upon the demographic-structural theory first advanced by Jack Goldstone, which provides an explanation of long-term oscillations. This book tests that theory's specific and quantitative predictions by tracing the dynamics of population numbers, prices and real wages, elite numbers and incomes, state finances, and sociopolitical instability. Turchin and Nefedov study societies in England, France, and Russia during the medieval and early modern periods, and look back at the Roman Republic and Empire. Incorporating theoretical and quantitative history, the authors examine a specific model of historical change and, more generally, investigate the utility of the dynamical systems approach in historical applications.

An indispensable and groundbreaking resource for a wide variety of social scientists, Secular Cycles will interest practitioners of economic history, historical sociology, complexity studies, and demography.

Author: Peter Turchin, Sergey A. Nefedov
Publisher: Princeton University Press
Published: 08/09/2009
Pages: 360
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.46lbs
Size: 9.52h x 6.42w x 1.08d
ISBN: 9780691136967


Review Citation(s):
Chronicle of Higher Education 09/04/2009 pg. 16

About the Author
Peter Turchin is professor of ecology and evolutionary biology and adjunct professor of mathematics at the University of Connecticut. Sergey A. Nefedov is senior research scientist at the Institute of History and Archaeology of the Russian Academy of Sciences, Ural Branch.
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