North, Douglass C.

Violence and social orders : a conceptual framework for interpreting recorded human history / Douglass C. North, John Joseph Wallis, Barry R. Weingast. - Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009. - xvii, 308 p. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 273-294) and index.

The conceptual framework -- The natural state -- The natural state applied : English land law -- Open access orders -- The transition from limited to open access orders : the doorstep conditions -- The transition proper -- A new research agenda for the social sciences.

9780521761734 (hardback) 0521761735 (hardback)

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Violence--Economic aspects--History.
State, The--History.
Social control--History.

HM886.N67 2009 / 14856

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