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The Collapse of Complex Societies (New Studies in Archaeology) Book

The Collapse of Complex Societies 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. Full descriptionRead More

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  • Foyles

    Any explanation of political collapse carries lessons not just for the study of ancient societies, but for the members of all complex 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.

  • Blackwell

    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...

  • ASDA

    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.

  • Pickabook

    Joseph A. Tainter, Colin Renfrew, Wendy Ashmore

  • 052138673X
  • 9780521386739
  • Joseph Tainter
  • 29 March 1990
  • Cambridge University Press
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 260
  • New Ed
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