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The Theory of Social Revolutions
Brooks Adams
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Brooks Adams was an American historian and a critic of capitalism. He believed that commercial civilizations rise and fall in predictable cycles. First, masses of people draw together in large population centers and engage in commercial activities. As their desire for wealth grows, they discard spiritual and creative values. Their greed leads to distrust and dishonesty, and eventually the society crumbles. In The Law of Civilization and Decay, Adams noted that as new population centers emerged in the west, centers of world trade shifted from Constantinople to Venice to Amsterdam to London.
Brooks Adams was an American historian and a critic of capitalism. He believed that commercial civilizations rise and fall in predictable cycles. First, masses of people draw together in large population centers and engage in commercial activities. As their desire for wealth grows, they discard spiritual and creative values. Their greed leads to distrust and dishonesty, and eventually the society crumbles. In The Law of Civilization and Decay, Adams noted that as new population centers emerged in the west, centers of world trade shifted from Constantinople to Venice to Amsterdam to London.
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interesting more by historical comparison than by its own merit.
This book may have been revolutionary when it was first written but it just doesn't hold up. The author's take on history from his era was interesting but misses the mark quite a bit.
Interesting for historical reasons, a treatise on the making of American democracy and the many questions and dilemmas that we still grapple with today. However, much of the content is outdated and reads like a pamphlet. The theory that societal change can only be brought about through revolutions h
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A warning to anyone considering this book: don't: It's just too out-of-date. I read 20 pages or so and just realized it was pointless
You would have to be a specialist historian or rather "historisist" investigating past theories to get anything out of this book.
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