Violence and social orders : a conceptual framework for interpreting recorded human history /
Douglass C. North, John Joseph Wallis, Barry R. Weingast.
- Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2009.
- xvii, 308 p. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 273-294) and index.
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.
9781107646995
Violence--Economic aspects--History. Social control--History.