Peter K. Bol

Quantitative historical analysis uncovers a single dimension of complexity that structures global variation in human social organization

Peter Turchin, Thomas E. Currie, Harvey Whitehouse et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2017 · 278 citations · Full text

Social Theory, Social Change, Social Structures +17

The Rise of Local History: History, Geography, and Culture in Southern Song and Yuan Wuzhou

Peter K. Bol · Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies · 2001 · 74 citations

Historical Geography, Chinese Foreign Policy, Chinese Law +17

Explaining the Rise of Moralizing Religions: A test of competing hypotheses using the Seshat Databank

Peter Turchin, Harvey Whitehouse, Jennifer Larson et al. · 2019 · 56 citations · Full text

Religious History, Religion Studies, Moralizing Religion +12

Seeking Common Ground: Han Literati Under Jurchen Rule

Peter K. Bol · Harvard Journal of Asiatic Studies · 1987 · 52 citations

Literary History, Intellectual History, Literary Theory +6

The "Localist Turn" and "Local Identity" in Later Imperial China

Peter K. Bol · Late imperial China · 2003 · 42 citations

Many Years Historians, Colonialism, Chinese Law +20