Ages of Discord: A Structural-Demographic Analysis of American History
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Peter Turchin's book applies cliodynamics, a new scientific approach to history, to analyze the cycles of political instability and violence in American history. It introduces concepts like 'surplus elites' and 'elite overproduction' to explain periods of social unrest and decline.
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Peter Turchin
Ages of Discord
cliodynamics
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