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The human swarm, how our societies arise, thrive, and fall, Mark W. Moffett

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The human swarm, how our societies arise, thrive, and fall, Mark W. Moffett

Language

eng

Bibliography note

Includes bibliographical references (pages 367-448) and index

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index present

Literary Form

non fiction

Main title

The human swarm

Nature of contents

bibliography

Oclc number

1080600557

Responsibility statement

Mark W. Moffett

Sub title

how our societies arise, thrive, and fall

Table Of Contents

Affiliation and recognition. What a society isn't (and what it is) ; What vertebrates get out of being in a society ; On the move ; Individual recognition -- Anonymous societies. Ants and humans, apples and oranges ; The ultimate nationalists ; Anonymous humans -- Hunter-gatherers until recent times. Band societies ; The nomadic life ; Settling down -- The deep history of human anonymous societies. Pant hoots and passwords ; Sensing others ; Stereotypes and stories ; The great chain ; Grand unions ; Putting kin in their place -- Peace and conflict. Is conflict necessary? ; Playing well with others -- The life and death of societies. The lifecycle of societies ; The dynamic "us" ; Inventing foreigners and the death of societies -- Tribes to nations. Turning a village into a conquering society ; Building and breaking a nation -- From captive to neighbor...to global citizen? The rise of ethnicities ; Divided we stand ; The inevitability of societies -- Conclusion: identities shift and societies shatter -- Acknowledgments -- Notes -- References -- Index

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