ISBN 9780521386739 | 052138673X Textbooks - "The Collapse of Complex Societies New Studies in Archaeology" by Joseph A Tainter Colin Joseph Joseph Tainter Tainter and Renfrew Joseph A Joseph A Tainter

Authors: Joseph A. Tainter - Colin - Joseph; Joseph - Tainter - Tainter and Renfrew - Joseph A.; Jo…
ISBN 10: 052138673X
ISBN 13: 9780521386739
Edition: 1st Paperback Editio
Release: March 30, 1990
Format: Paperback (264 pages)
List Price: $39.99
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Tags: History, Ancient,

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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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The Collapse of Complex Societies (New Studies in Archaeology)