Pirates, Prisoners, and Lepers: Lessons from Life Outside the Law

by Paul H. Robinson and Sarah M. Robinson

Book Overview

It has long been held that humans need government to impose social order on a chaotic, dangerous world. How, then, did early humans survive on the Serengeti Plain, surrounded by faster, stronger, and bigger predators in a harsh and forbidding environment? Pirates, Prisoners, and Lepers examines an array of natural experiments and accidents of human history to explore the fundamental nature of how human beings act when beyond the scope of...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1612347320
• ISBN13: 9781612347325
• Release Date: July 2015
• Publisher: Potomac Books
• Length: 360 Pages
• Weight: 1.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 6.5" x 9.1"