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The Collapse of Complex Societies (Paperback, New Ed)

Joseph Tainter

Series: New Studies in Archaeology

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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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Imprint: Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin: United Kingdom
Series: New Studies in Archaeology
Release date: March 1990
First published: 1988
Authors: Joseph Tainter
Dimensions: 247 x 174 x 12mm (L x W x T)
Format: Paperback
Pages: 249
Edition: New Ed
ISBN-13: 978-0-521-38673-9
Categories: Books > Humanities > Archaeology > General
Books > Humanities > History > World history > BCE to 500 CE
Books > History > World history > BCE to 500 CE
LSN: 0-521-38673-X
Barcode: 9780521386739

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