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Title The WEIRDest people in the world : how the West became psychologically peculiar and particularly prosperous / Joseph Henrich.
Publisher New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2020.
Copyright ©2020
Description xvii, 680 pages : illustrations, maps, charts ; 24 cm
Edition First edition.


LOCATION CALL NUMBER VOL BARCODE LAST CHECKIN STATUS
 HF-Adult Nonfiction  153 HEN Nearby on shelf  30632003906439 08-17-22  AVAILABLE
BIBLIOGRAPHY Includes bibliographical references (pages [585]-656) and index.
Contents Weird psychology -- Making a cultural species -- Clans, states, and why you can't get here from there -- Gods are watching, behave! -- Weird families -- Psychological differences, families, and the church -- Europe and Asia -- Weird monogamy -- Of commerce and cooperation -- Domesticating the competition -- Market mentalities -- Law, science, and religion -- Escape velocity -- Dark matter of history.
Summary "Harvard University's Joseph Henrich, Chair of the Department of Human Evolutionary Biology, delivers a bold, epic investigation into the development of the Western mind, global psychological diversity, and its impact on the world"-- Provided by publisher.
Subject Cognitive psychology.
Developmental psychology.
Social interaction.
Human evolution.
ISBN 9780374173227
0374173222