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Plough, Sword, and Book: The Structure of Human History - Gellner, Ernest
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"Philosophical anthropology on the grandest scale. . . .Gellner has produced a sharp challenge to his colleagues and a thrilling book for the non-specialist. Deductive history on this scale cannot be proved right or wrong, but this is Gellner writing, incisive, iconoclastic, witty and expert. His scenario compels our attention."--Adam Kuper, New Statesman "A thoughtful and lively meditation upon probably the greatest transformation in human history, upon the difficult problems it poses and the scant resources it has left ...

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Plough, Sword, and Book: The Structure of Human History 1992, University of Chicago Press, Chicago, IL

ISBN-13: 9780226287027

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Plough, Sword, and Book: The Structure of Human History 1989, University of Chicago Press, Chicago

ISBN-13: 9780226287010

Hardcover