This item the measure of civilization how social development decides the fate of nations by ian morris paperback 2035 only 4 left in stock more on the way ships from and sold by amazoncom. The measure of civilization how social development decides the fate of nations is a history book by the british historian ian morris published in january 2013it is the companion volume to morriss 2010 award winning book why the west rules for now description the book explains in details the evidence and statistical methods used to construct the social development index in why the west . The measure of civilization how social development decides the fate of nations morris ian 9780691160863 books amazonca. The measure of civilisation how social development decides the fate of nations amazonin morris paperback 21 february 2013 inr 154300 inr 154300 kindle edition inr 135446 read with our free app hardcover from inr 348676 4 new from inr 348676 paperback . In the last thirty years there have been fierce debates over how civilizations develop and why the west became so powerful the measure of civilization presents a brand new way of investigating these questions and provides new tools for assessing the long term growth of societies using a groundbreaking numerical index of social development that compares societies in