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Index
Cover
Title Page
Dedication
CONTENTS
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
A NOTE ON PRESENTATION
INTRODUCTION
PART ONE: A SENSE OF ACCOMPLISHMENT
ONE: A SENSE OF TIME
TWO
THREE: A SENSE OF PLACE
FOUR: A SENSE OF WONDER
PART TWO: IDENTIFYING THE PEOPLE AND EVENTS THAT MATTER
FIVE: EXCELLENCE AND ITS IDENTIFICATION
SIX: THE LOTKA CURVE
SEVEN: THE PEOPLE WHO MATTER I: SIGNIFICANT FIGURES
EIGHT: THE PEOPLE WHO MATTER II: THE GIANTS
NINE: THE EVENTS THAT MATTER I: SIGNIFICANT EVENTS
TEN: THE EVENTS THAT MATTER II: META-INVENTIONS
PART THREE: PATTERNS AND TRAJECTORIES
ELEVEN: COMING TO TERMS WITH THE ROLE OF MODERN EUROPE
TWELVE: …AND OF DEAD WHITE MALES
THIRTEEN: CONCENTRATIONS OF EUROPEAN AND AMERICAN ACCOMPLISHMENT
FOURTEEN: TAKING POPULATION INTO ACCOUNT: THE ACCOMPLISHMENT RATE
FIFTEEN: EXPLANATIONS I: PEACE AND PROSPERITY
SIXTEEN: EXPLANATIONS II: MODELS, ELITE CITIES, AND FREEDOM OF ACTION
SEVENTEEN: WHAT’s LEFT TO EXPLAIN?
PART FOUR: ON THE ORIGINS AND DECLINE OF ACCOMPLISHMENT
EIGHTEEN: THE ARISTOTELIAN PRINCIPLE
NINETEEN: SOURCES OF ENERGY: PURPOSE AND AUTONOMY
TWENTY: SOURCES OF CONTENT: THE ORGANIZING STRUCTURE AND TRANSCENDENTAL GOODS
TWENTY-ONE: IS ACCOMPLISHMENT DECLINING?
TWENTY-TWO: SUMMATION
APPENDICES
APPENDIX 1: STATISTICS FOR PEOPLE WHO ARE SURE THEY CAN’t LEARN STATISTICS*
APPENDIX 2: CONSTRUCTION OF THE INVENTORIES AND THE EMINENCE INDEX
APPENDIX 3: INVENTORY SOURCES
APPENDIX 4: GEOGRAPHIC AND POPULATION DATA
APPENDIX 5: THE ROSTER OF SIGNIFICANT FIGURES
NOTES
BIBLIOGRAPHY
SEARCHABLE TERMS
About the Author
PRAISE FOR Human Accomplishment
ALSO BY CHARLES MURRAY
Copyright
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