Collapse Of Complex Societies

Cover Type: Softcover
Book Condition: Very Good
Jacket Condition: None Issued
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Publisher Place: Uk
Publisher Year: 1988
Edition: First Edition

Description: 250 pages. Book is in Very good condition throughout. The only exception is a small inscription to the inside page.

Publishers Description: 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.

ISBN: 9780521386739