"Histoire économique." . . "Social institutions." . . "Institution (Soziologie)" . . "SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture" . . "Institutions sociales Histoire." . . "Gesellschaft Entwicklung Wirtschaftsanthropologie." . . "Ökonomische Anthropologie." . . "Social institutions History." . . "Social institutions -- History." . "Social history." . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "Electronic books"@en . . . "How Society Makes Itself The Evolution of Political and Economic Institutions"@en . . . "This radical account of the evolution of political, social, and economic institutions weaves together strands of anthropology, sociology, political science, history, and economics. In a highly readable text, Howard Sherman explains the interconnections of ideas and economic forces, and traces the evolution of social and economic institutions from primitive times to the present. Sherman focuses on the myth of \"\"inevitable progress\"\" in technology, and argues that it progresses only when social and economic institutions and dominant ideas encourage it to improve. He shows that throughout history."@en . "History" . "History"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "How society makes itself : the evolution of political and economic institutions" . "How society makes itself : the evolution of political and economic institutions"@en . . . . . . . . . . . "How society makes itself the evolution of political and economic institutions"@en . "Economic history." . . . . "Kapitalismus." . . "Gesellschaft." . . "Geschichte" . . "Social evolution." . . "Sozioökonomischer Wandel." . . "Histoire sociale." . . "Évolution sociale." . . "POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Cultural Policy" . . "Entwicklung." . . "SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural" . . "Wirtschaftsentwicklung." . .