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9780674060197: Natural Experiments of History
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ISBN 10: 0674060199 ISBN 13: 9780674060197
Editorial: Belknap Press, 2011

Sinopsis

Some central questions in the natural and social sciences can't be answered by controlled laboratory experiments, often considered to be the hallmark of the scientific method. This impossibility holds for any science concerned with the past. In addition, many manipulative experiments, while possible, would be considered immoral or illegal. One has to devise other methods of observing, describing, and explaining the world.

In the historical disciplines, a fruitful approach has been to use natural experiments or the comparative method. This book consists of eight comparative studies drawn from history, archeology, economics, economic history, geography, and political science. The studies cover a spectrum of approaches, ranging from a non-quantitative narrative style in the early chapters to quantitative statistical analyses in the later chapters. The studies range from a simple two-way comparison of Haiti and the Dominican Republic, which share the island of Hispaniola, to comparisons of 81 Pacific islands and 233 areas of India. The societies discussed are contemporary ones, literate societies of recent centuries, and non-literate past societies. Geographically, they include the United States, Mexico, Brazil, western Europe, tropical Africa, India, Siberia, Australia, New Zealand, and other Pacific islands.

In an Afterword, the editors discuss how to cope with methodological problems common to these and other natural experiments of history.

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Acerca de los autores

Jared Diamond is Professor of Geography at the University of California, Los Angeles. His books include Guns, Germs, and Steel.

James A. Robinson is Professor of Government, Harvard University.

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Editorial
Belknap Press
Año de publicación
2011
Idioma
Inglés
ISBN 10 
0674060199
ISBN 13 
9780674060197
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Número de páginas
288
Editor
Diamond
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