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Mood matters : from rising skirt lengths to the collapse of world powers

Title
Mood matters : from rising skirt lengths to the collapse of world powers / John L. Casti.
ISBN
9783642048340 (hbk.)
364204834X (hbk.)
Published
New York : Copernicus Books, c2010.
Physical Description
xxiv, 250 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 25 cm.
Summary
Casti argues that human affairs (fashions, economic trends and the fall of governments or wars) can be traced back to an underlying social mood, which heavily biases the way things develop.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
August 24, 2010
Bibliography
Includes bibliographic references (p. 225-245) and index.
Contents
The unconventional wisdom
Why "stuff" happens
Why hits happen
Why wars, economic cycles, and political crises happen
Why great powers come and go
Getting it together.
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