The Theory of Social Revolutions: Free Audiobook and Listening Guide

The Theory of Social Revolutions, credited to Brooks Adams, is available as a LibriVox volunteer audiobook. This guide identifies the recording, its source summary and its audio tracks.

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LibriVox recording ofThe Theory of Social Revolutions, by Brooks Adams. Brooks Adams (1848- 1927), was an American historian and a critic of capitalism. He believed that commercial civilizations rise and fall in predictable cycles. First, masses of people draw together in large population centers and engage in commercial activities. As their desire for wealth grows, they discard spiritual and creative values. Their greed leads to distrust and dishonesty, and eventually the society crumbles. In The Law of Civilisation and Decay (1895), Adams noted that as new population centers emerged in the west, centers of world trade shifted from Constantinople to Venice to Amsterdam to London. He predicted in America's Economic Supremacy (1900) that New York would become the centre for world trade. The Theory of Social Revolutions was written in 1913. (Wikipedia)

Recording facts

• Recording title: The Theory of Social Revolutions
• Author credits: Brooks Adams
• Language: English
• Original MP3 tracks: 6
• Listed recording duration: 5:01:08

Catalogue topics

• politics
• revolution

Track guide

1. 01 - The Collapse of Capitalistic Government — 49:22
2. 02 - The Limitations of the Judicial Function — 59:11
3. 03 - American Courts as Legislative Chambers — 1:08:34
4. 04 - The Social Equilibrium — 35:46
5. 05 - Political Courts — 54:48
6. 06 - Inferences — 33:29

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