Collapse of Complex Societies 1ed - Brossura

Tainter, Joseph

Brossura

ISBN 10: 052138673X ISBN 13: 9780521386739

Casa editrice: Cambridge University Press, 1990

Riassunto

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.

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'Tainter's model accommodates all levels of complexity and all kinds of evidence. It deserves to be widely read.' Antiquity

'Tainter's is an attractive and compelling thesis, of a genre which is nearly extinct among domestic historians.' History Today

Descrizione del libro:

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.

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• Editore: Cambridge University Press
• Data di pubblicazione: 1990
• ISBN 10: 052138673X
• ISBN 13: 9780521386739
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero di pagine: 266