The evidence for evolution / Alan R. Rogers.

Author/creator Rogers, Alan R.
Format Book
Publication InfoChicago : University of Chicago Press, 2011.
Description120 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Subjects
Evolution (Biology)
Human evolution.
Creationism.

Contents Darwin's mockingbird -- Do species change? -- Does evolution make big changes? -- Can evolution explain design? -- Peaks and valleys -- Islands in the 21st century -- Has there been enough time? -- Did humans evolve? -- Are we still evolving? .
Abstract States over the past 500 years have become the dominant institutions on Earth, exercising vast and varied authority over the economic well-being, health, welfare, and very lives of their citizens. This book explains how power became centralized in states at the expense of the myriad of other polities that had battled one another over previous millennia. The author traces the contested and historically contingent struggles by which subjects began to see themselves as citizens of nations and came to associate their interests and identities with states, and explains why the civil rights and benefits they achieved, and the taxes and military service they in turn rendered to their nations, varied so much. Looking forward, he examines the future in store for states: will they gain or lose strength as they are buffeted by globalization, terrorism, economic crisis and environmental disaster? This book offers an evaluation of the social science literature that addresses these issues and situates the state at the center of the world history of capitalism, nationalism and democracy.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references (p. 105-115) and index.
LCCN 2010037299
ISBN9780226723808 (alk. paper)
ISBN0226723801 (alk. paper)
ISBN9780226723822 (pbk. : alk. paper)
ISBN0226723828 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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Joyner General Stacks QH361 .R64 2011 ✔ Available Place Hold