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Author	Henrich, Joseph Patrick.
Title	The WEIRDest people in the world : how the West became psychologically peculiar and particularly prosperous / Joseph Henrich.
Publication Info.	New York : Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2020.
	©2020

1 hold on first copy returned of 1 copy

Location	Call No.	Status
Stack 11	153 H	DUE 05-25-23

Edition	First edition.
Description	xvii, 680 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	WEIRD psychology -- Making a cultural species -- Clans, states, and why you can't get here from there -- The 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 -- The dark matter of history.
Subject	Cognitive psychology.
	Developmental psychology.
	Social interaction.
	Human evolution.
Added Title	How the West became psychologically peculiar and particularly prosperous
ISBN	9780374173227 hardcover
	0374173222 hardcover

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