Why humans cooperate : a cultural and evolutionary explanation / Natalie Henrich, Joseph Henrich.
| Author/creator |
Henrich, Natalie, 1973- |
| Other author/creator | Henrich, Joseph Patrick. |
| Format | Book and Print |
| Publication Info | Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2007. |
| Description | xi, 267 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Contributor biographical information |
| Supplemental Content | Publisher description |
| Subject(s) |
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| Series | Evolution and cognition Evolution and cognition. ^A417677 |
| Contents | Evolution, culture, cooperation, and the Chaldeans -- Dual inheritance theory: the evolution of cultural capacities and cultural evolution -- Evolutionary theory and the social psychology of human cooperation -- The Chaldeans: history and the community today -- Family first: kinship explains most cooperative bahavior -- Cooperation through reciprocity and reputation -- Social norms and prosociality -- Culturally evolved social norms lead to context-specific cooperation -- Ethnicity: in-group preferences and cooperation -- Cooperative dilemmas in the world today. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references (p. 241-254) and index. |
| LCCN | 2006048326 |
| ISBN | 9780195300680 (alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0195300688 (alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 0195314239 (pbk.) |
| ISBN | 9780195314236 (pbk.) |
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| Library | Location | Call Number | Status | Item Actions | |
| Joyner | General Stacks | HM1106 .H44 2007 | ✔ Available | Place Hold |