Violence and social orders : a conceptual framework for interpreting recorded human history - North, Douglass C. (Douglass Cecil); Wallis, John Joseph; Weingast, Barry R. (Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009)
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.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 273-294) and index.
Keywords: Violence -- Economic aspects -- History; State, The -- History; Social control -- History