TY  - BOOK
AU  - Pinker,Steven
TI  - The better angels of our nature: a history of violence and humanity 
SN  - 9780141034645 (pbk.) :
AV  - HM1116 
U1  - 303.609 23
PY  - 2012///
CY  - London
PB  - Penguin
KW  - Violence
KW  - History
KW  - Psychological aspects
KW  - Social aspects
KW  - Politics and Government
KW  - ukslc
N1  - Originally published: New York: Viking; London: Allen Lane, 2011; Includes bibliographical references and index
N2  - Steven Pinker argues that modernity and its cultural institutions are actually making us better people. He suggests that, contrary to popular belief, humankind has become progressively less violent over millennia and decades
ER  -