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The Collapse of Complex Societies

Name: The Collapse of Complex Societies
Brand: Cambridge University Press
SKU: 9780521386739
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Contributors:

Joseph Tainter

Publisher:

Cambridge University Press

Binding:

Paperback

Book Category:

History, Social Science

Book Subcategory:

Ancient, Archaeology

Series:

New Studies in Archaeology

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Release Date:

1990-03-30

ISBN 13:

9780521386739

Weight:

0.95 lbs

Size:

9.50 x 6.60 x 0.70 inches

Pages:

262

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Political disintegration is a persistent feature of world history. The Collapse of Complex Societies, though written by an archaeologist, will therefore strike a chord throughout the social sciences. Any explanation of societal collapse carries lessons not just for the study of ancient societies, but for the members of all such societies in both the present and future. Dr. Tainter describes nearly two dozen cases of collapse and reviews more than 2000 years of explanations. He then develops a new and far-reaching theory that accounts for collapse among diverse kinds of societies, evaluating his model and clarifying the processes of disintegration by detailed studies of the Roman, Mayan and Chacoan collapses.

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