{"product_id":"the-human-swarm-mark-w-moffett-9780465055685","title":"The Human Swarm: How Our Societies Arise, Thrive, and Fall","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe epic story, ultimate big history, and \"remarkable intellectual achievement\" (\u003ci\u003eQuarterly Review of Biology\u003c\/i\u003e) describing how human society evolved from intimate chimp communities into the sprawling civilizations of a world-dominating species\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIf a chimpanzee ventures into the territory of a different group, it will almost certainly be killed. But a New Yorker can fly to Los Angeles--or Borneo--with very little fear. Psychologists have done little to explain this: for years, they have held that our biology puts a hard upper limit--about 150 people--on the size of our social groups. But human societies are in fact vastly larger. How do we manage--by and large--to get along with each other? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this paradigm-shattering book, biologist Mark W. Moffett draws on findings in psychology, sociology and anthropology to explain the social adaptations that bind societies. He explores how the tension between identity and anonymity defines how societies develop, function, and fail. Surpassing \u003ci\u003eGuns, Germs, and Steel\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eSapiens\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Human Swarm \u003c\/i\u003ereveals how mankind created sprawling civilizations of unrivaled complexity--and what it will take to sustain them.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mark W. Moffett\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0465055680\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780465055685\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Basic Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/16\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 480\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.55lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.40h x 6.20w x 1.60d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e 12\/17\/2018\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eKirkus Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e 02\/15\/2019 pg. 75\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eLibrary Journal\u003c\/i\u003e 03\/01\/2019 pg. 146\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/01\/2019","brand":"Mark W. Moffett","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44046725251327,"sku":"9780465055685","price":32.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_34c87c05-b2bc-48a9-ab9f-6595d5fc9f94.jpg?v=1684986117","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-human-swarm-mark-w-moffett-9780465055685","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}