Natural Experiments of History by Diamond and Robinson is a collection of several essays on comparative studies in history. The topics range from pre-historic societies in the Pacific to French-occupied Germany in the 19th century. All essays are a simplified version of a scientific paper that was published before/5(44). · Jared Diamond, author of the Pulitzer-prize winning Guns, Germs, and Steel and the bestselling work in environmental history Collapse, here reveals for the first time his methodology in the applied use of natural experiments and the comparative method. In this lecture based on his new edited volume, Natural Experiments of History, Diamond presents eight comparative studies drawn from Estimated Reading Time: 1 min. Natural Experiments of History by Diamond and Robinson is a collection of several essays on comparative studies in history. The topics range from pre-historic societies in the Pacific to French-occupied Germany in the 19th century. Natural Experiments of History: Diamond, Jared, Robinson.
Natural Experiments of History. ( ratings by Goodreads) Paperback. English. Edited by Jared Diamond, Edited by James A. Robinson. Share. 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. 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. Robinson, James A, and Jared Diamond. Natural Experiments of History. Harvard University Press.
Prologue: Natural Experiments of History [Jared Diamond and James A. Robinson] 1. Controlled Comparison and Polynesian Cultural Evolution [Patrick V. Kirch] 2. Exploding Wests: Boom and Bust in Nineteenth-Century Settler Societies [James Belich] 3. Politics, Banking, and Economic Development. Book Description: In eight case studies by leading scholars in history, archaeology, business, economics, geography, and political science, the authors showcase the “natural experiment" or “comparative method"—well-known in any science concerned with the past—on the discipline of human history. That means, according to the editors, “comparing, preferably quantitatively and aided by statistical analyses, different systems that are similar in many respects, but that differ with. * Prologue: Natural Experiments of History Jared Diamond and James A. Robinson * Controlled Comparison and Polynesian Cultural Evolution Patrick V. Kirch * Exploding Wests: Boom and Bust in Nineteenth-Century Settler Societies James Belich * Politics, Banking, and Economic Development: Evidence from New World Economies Stephen Haber * Intra-Island and Inter-Island Comparisons Jared Diamond.
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