TY - BOOK AU - Chirot,Daniel ED - Sage eBooks TI - How societies change T2 - Sociology for a new century series SN - 9781483349152 (ebook) : AV - GN358 .C45 2012 U1 - 303.4 23 PY - 2012/// CY - Thousand Oaks, Calif., London PB - Pine Forge KW - Social change KW - Social evolution KW - Electronic books KW - local N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; Specialized N2 - An exploration of how societies have changed over the past five thousand years. The discussion focuses on the idea that industrial societies, despite their great success, have created a new set of recurring and unsolved problems which will serve as a major impetus for further social change UR - http://ezproxy.alfaisal.edu/login?url=http://sk.sagepub.com/books/how-societies-change-2e ER -