The collapse of complex societies
By Joseph A. Tainter
"The collapse of complex societies" was published by Cambridge University Press in 1988 - Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, it has 250 pages and the language of the book is English.
“The collapse of complex societies” Metadata:
- Title: ➤ The collapse of complex societies
- Author: Joseph A. Tainter
- Language: English
- Number of Pages: 250
- Publisher: Cambridge University Press
- Publish Date: 1988
- Publish Location: Cambridge, Cambridgeshire
“The collapse of complex societies” Subjects and Themes:
- Subjects: ➤ Ancient Civilization - Civilization - Comparative civilization - Philosophy - Archaeology - Regression (Civilization) - Complex organizations - Civilization, Ancient - Complex societies
- Places: The Roman Empire - Mayan Civilization - Chacoan Civilization
Edition Specifications:
- Format: Hardback
- Weight: 620 grams
- Pagination: xiv, 250 p.
Edition Identifiers:
- The Open Library ID: OL2738665M - OL4741769W
- Online Computer Library Center (OCLC) ID: 15083222
- Library of Congress Control Number (LCCN): 86033432
- ISBN-13: 9780521340922
- ISBN-10: 0521340926
- All ISBNs: 0521340926 - 9780521340922
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"The collapse of complex societies" Table Of Contents:
- 1- Figures
- 2- Tables
- 3- Acknowledgements
- 4- Introduction to collapse
- 5- What is collapse?
- 6- Collapse in history
- 7- After collapse
- 8- The nature of complex societies
- 9- Introduction
- 10- What collapses? More on definitions
- 11- Classification of theories
- 12- Framework of discussion
- 13- Resource depletion
- 14- New resources
- 15- Catastrophes
- 16- Insufficient response to circumstances
- 17- Other complex societies
- 18- Intruders
- 19- Conflict/contradictions/mismanagment
- 20- Social dysfunction
- 21- Mystical factors
- 22- Chance concatenation of events
- 23- Economic explanations
- 24- Summary and discussion
- 25- Understanding collapse: the marginal productivity of sociopolitical change
- 26- The marginal productivity of increasing complexity
- 27- Explaning declineing marginal returns in complex societies
- 28- Explaining collapse
- 29- Alternatives to collapse
- 30- Evaluation: complexity and marginal returns in collapsing societies
- 31- The colapse of the Western Roman Empire
- 32- The Classic Maya collapse
- 33- The Chacoan collapse
- 34- Evaluation
- 35- Conclusions
- 36- Summary and implications
- 37- References
- 38- Index
"The collapse of complex societies" Description:
The Open Library:
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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