Ian Morris is the Jean and Rebecca Willard Professor of Classics and professor of history at Stanford University. His most recent book is the award-winning
Why the West Rules–for Now: The Patterns of History, and What They Reveal about the Future (Farrar, Straus and Giroux) which has been translated into eleven languages.
29 Ebooks door Ian Morris
Ian Morris: The Measure of Civilization
A groundbreaking look at Western and Eastern social development from the end of the ice age to today In the past thirty years, there have been fierce debates over how civilizations develop and why th …
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Ian Morris: Foragers, Farmers, and Fossil Fuels
The best-selling author of Why the West Rules—for Now examines the evolution and future of human values Most people in the world today think democracy and gender equality are good, and that violence …
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Nick P. Kardulias: World-Systems Theory in Practice
In the quarter century since Wallerstein first developed world systems theory (WST), scholars in a variety of disciplines have adopted the approach to explain intersocietal interaction on a grand sca …
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€74.64
Ian Morris & Tom Harrison: Teaching Character in the Primary Classroom
‘Teaching Character in the Primary Classroom provides an excellent and very accessible overview of the emerging field of character education. It covers, in detail, the theory of character education a …
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€42.99
Ian Morris & Walter Scheidel: Dynamics of Ancient Empires
The world’s first known empires took shape in Mesopotamia between the eastern shores of the Mediterranean Sea and the Persian Gulf, beginning around 2350 BCE. The next 2, 500 years witnessed sustaine …
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Ian Morris & Walter Scheidel: Dynamics of Ancient Empires
The world’s first known empires took shape in Mesopotamia between the eastern shores of the Mediterranean Sea and the Persian Gulf, beginning around 2350 BCE. The next 2, 500 years witnessed sustaine …
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€44.77
Committee on Population & Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education: Initial Steps in Rebuilding the Health Sector in East Timor
In May 2002 Timor Leste (East Timor) emerged as a new nation after centuries of foreign rule and decades of struggle for independence. Its birth was a painful one; a United Nations-brokered Popular C …
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€30.59
Committee on Population & Division of Behavioral and Social Sciences and Education: Initial Steps in Rebuilding the Health Sector in East Timor
In May 2002 Timor Leste (East Timor) emerged as a new nation after centuries of foreign rule and decades of struggle for independence. Its birth was a painful one; a United Nations-brokered Popular C …
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€21.19
Ian Morris & Barry B. Powell: Greeks, The: History, Culture, and Society
For courses in Greek History or Greek Civilization. Organised chronologically, this text presents a complete picture of Greek civilization as a history. It features sections on the art, architecture, …
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€48.27
Ian Morris: Why the West Rules – For Now
Why does the West rule? In this magnum opus, eminent Stanford polymath Ian Morris answers this provocative question, drawing on 50, 000 years of history, archeology, and the methods of social science …
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€46.25
Ian Morris: Why The West Rules – For Now
Why did British boats shoot their way up the Yangzi in 1842, rather than Chinese ones up the Thames? Why do Easterners use English more than Europeans speak in Mandarin or Japanese? To put it bluntly …
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€15.99
Ian Morris: War: What is it good for?
War is one of the greatest human evils. It has ruined livelihoods, provoked unspeakable atrocities and left countless millions dead. It has caused economic chaos and widespread deprivation. And the m …
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Ian Morris: The Measure of Civilisation
In Why the West Rules – For Now Ian Morris argues that to understand the development of East and West, we need to look beyond ‘long-term lock-in’ theories (that suggest it was inevitable) and ‘short- …
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€14.99
Ian Morris: Geography Is Destiny
‘Ian Morris has established himself as a leader in making big history interesting and understandable’ Jared Diamond, author of Guns, Germs and Steel ‘Morris succeeds triumphantly at cramming 10, 000 …
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Ian Morris: Beute, Ernte, Öl
Was haben Ölplattformen mit unseren Wertvorstellungen zu tun? Die meisten Menschen heutzutage halten Demokratie und Gleichberechtigung der Geschlechter für eine gute Sache und sprechen sich gegen Gew …
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€22.99
Tom Harrison & Ian Morris: Teaching Character in the Primary Classroom
"Teaching Character in the Primary Classroom provides an excellent and very accessible overview of the emerging field of character education. It covers, in detail, the theory of character educat …
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€37.36
Ian Morris: When Bad Things Happen to Rich People
When Bad Things Happen to Rich People is a novel of social satire, a black comedy set in Chicago in the summer of 1995. The novel’s protagonist, Nix Walters, is an adjunct instructor of English at a …
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€7.99
Ian Morris: Teaching Happiness and Well-Being in Schools, Second edition
This updated edition is a theoretical and practical guide to implementing a well-being programme in your school. The book covers three areas: well-being as a philosophy of education, the teaching app …
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€28.93
Ian Morris: Simple Machines
Simple Machines is a novel of passage – of myth and unexpected consequence – set in Wisconsin during one year in the life of Tomas Zimmermann. Tomas lives in an apartment above the bike shop owned by …
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€9.99
Ian Morris: When Bad Things Happen to Rich People
When Bad Things Happen to Rich People is a novel of social satire, a black comedy set in Chicago in the summer of 1995. The novel’s protagonist, Nix Walters, is an adjunct instructor of English at a …
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€193.80
Ian Morris: Geographie ist Schicksal
Wer sind wir, wo leben wir, was haben wir, wie schützen wir uns und wer macht die Regeln? Diese Fragen treiben die Menschheit seit jeher um, und sie alle werden von der geographischen Lage bestimmt. …
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€29.99
Ian Morris: Geographie ist Schicksal
Wer sind wir, wo leben wir, was haben wir, wie schützen wir uns und wer macht die Regeln? Diese Fragen treiben die Menschheit seit jeher um, und sie alle werden von der geographischen Lage bestimmt. …
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€29.99
Tom Read Wilson: Every Word Tells a Story
Tom Read Wilson is here to take us on a rip-roaring tour through some of the most astonishing and amusing words in the English language with Every Word Tells a Story. See how the English language evo …
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€22.99
Tom Read Wilson: Every Word Tells a Story
Tom Read Wilson is here to take us on a rip-roaring tour through some of the most astonishing and amusing words in the English language with Every Word Tells a Story. See how the English language evo …
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€12.90
Ian Morris: Teaching Happiness and Well-Being in Schools, Second edition
This updated edition is a theoretical and practical guide to implementing a well-being programme in your school. The book covers three areas: well-being as a philosophy of education, the teaching app …
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€29.06
Ian Morris: Teaching Happiness and Well-Being in Schools
There has recently been an explosion of interest in positive psychology and the teaching of well-being and ”happiness” in the PSHE world in schools and many teachers are looking for clear informati …
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€25.73
Alex Wharton: Red Sky at Night, Poet’s Delight
Red Sky at Night, Poet’s Delight is the second collection of funny and thoughtful poems from Alex, aimed at developing a love of language and self-expression. Readers will be excited by fun new chara …
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€4.19
Ian Morris: War! What Is It Good For?
A powerful and provocative exploration of how war has changed our society-for the better."War!. . . . / What is it good for? / Absolutely nothing, " says the famous song-but archaeology, hi …
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€25.77
Glenn R. Storey: Urbanism in the Preindustrial World
A baseline study of the growth of preindustrial cities worldwide.This work employs a subset of preindustrial cities on many continents to answer questions archaeologists grapple with concerning the p …
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€57.72
