We present a novel system of equations to describe the evolution of self-organized structured societies (biological or human) composed of several trait groups. The suggested approach is based on the combination of ideas employed in the theory of biological populations, system theory, and utility...

Intro -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgment -- Chapter 1 The Space and Strategy of Demographic Growth -- 1.1 Humans and Animals -- 1.2 Divide and Multiply -- 1.3 Jacopo Bichi and Domenica Del Buono, Jean Guyon, and Mathurine Robin -- 1.4 Reproduction and...

We advance the hypothesis that cultural values such as high work ethic and thrift, “the Protestant ethic” according to MaxWeber, may have been diffused long before the Reformation, thereby importantly affecting the pre-industrial growth record. The source of pre-Reformation Protestant ethic,...