an introduction to macrosociology Lenski, Gerhard Emmanuel creator Nolan, Patrick Lenski, Jean. text New York McGraw-Hill c1995 7th ed. monographic xviii, 525 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm. Part 1 Theoretical foundations: the human situation; human societies as sociocultural systems; the evolution of human societies; types of human societies. Part 2 Pre-industrial societies: hunting and gathering societies; horticultural societies; agrarian societies; some evolutionary bypaths and a brief review. Part 3 Industrial societies and industrializing societies: the Industrial Revolution; industrial societies - technologies and economies, ideologies, polities and the mass media, social stratification, population and kinship; revolutionary socialist societies; industrializing societies; retrospect and prospect. Gerhard Lenski, Patrick Nolan, Jean Lenski. Includes index Macrosociology Social evolution Social systems History HM51 .L357 007037631X (alk. paper) 9780070376311