from rising skirt lengths to the collapse of world powers /
John L. Casti.
New York :
Copernicus Books,
2010.
1 online resource (xxiv, 250 pages) :
illustrations (some color)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The unconventional wisdom -- Why "stuff" happens -- Why hits happen -- Why wars, economic cycles, and political crises happen -- Why great powers come and go -- Getting it together.
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Casti argues that human affairs-- fashions, economic trends and the fall of governments or wars-- can be traced back to an underlying social mood, which heavily biases the way things develop.