Human History and Social Process

action agrarian agriculture appears argument assumption become behaviour century Chapter civilising processes collective common complex concept concerned continued course cultural decivilising dependency direction discussion dominant early economic effects Elias Elias's emergence empires Europe European evidence example explain extensive fact fire forces functions given Goudsblom greater groups hand happened historians human human history idea income increasing individual industrial institutions intensive growth interests involved Jones least less live long-term longer major means military natural numbers observe offerings once organisation particular past period phases political population position possible present Press priests problems production question rational choice theory refer regime relations relatively religion remained result rise rule seems seen sense social societies sociology stage structure successive technical trends turn University warriors Western whole