The Collapse of Complex Societies by Joseph A. Tainter
The Collapse of Complex Societies
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Joseph A. Tainter

New Studies in Archaeology

The Collapse of Complex Societies

Joseph A. Tainter

262 pages • hardcover • 1988

5 editions

nonfiction history informative slow-paced
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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 le...

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