Spotlight:
- Expertise: Ancient history, economic history, social development index
- The Jean and Rebecca Willard Professor of Classics and professor of history at Stanford University
- Author of the award-winning book Why the West Rules–for Now: The Patterns of History, and What They Reveal about the Future (Farrar, Straus and Giroux)
- Author of The Measure of Civilization: How Social Development Decides the Fate of Nations
Resources:
- Biography
- Press release for The Measure of Civilization [PDF]
- High res cover image
- Free excerpt from The Measure of Civilization [PDF]
Links:
Media Contact:
Jessica Pellien | jessica_pellien@press.princeton.edu | 609-258-7879
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