Human societies : an introduction / Abram de Swaan ; translated by Beverley Jackson.
Material type: TextPublication details: Cambridge : Polity, c2001.Description: xi, 160 p. ; 23 cmISBN:- 9780745625911 (cased) :
- 9780745625928 (pbk.) :
- 0745625924 (pbk.)
- Mensenmaatschappij. English
- 301 SWA
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
This work is a brief introduction to the study of society, which may be read without any previous knowledge of the social sciences. It traces the huge increase in the scale of social life which occurred as new forms of human co-ordination emerged.