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- catalog abstract "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.".
- catalog contributor b1837760.
- catalog created "1988.".
- catalog date "1988".
- catalog date "1988.".
- catalog dateCopyrighted "1988.".
- catalog description "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.".
- catalog description "Bibliography: p. 217-242.".
- catalog description "Introduction to collapse -- The nature of complex societies -- The study of collapse -- Understanding collapse: the marginal productivity of sociopolitical change -- Evaluation: complexity and marginal returns in collapsing societies -- Summary and implications.".
- catalog extent "xiv, 250 p. :".
- catalog identifier "0521340926".
- catalog isPartOf "New studies in archaeology".
- catalog issued "1988".
- catalog issued "1988.".
- catalog language "eng".
- catalog publisher "Cambridge [Cambridgeshire] ; New York : Cambridge University Press,".
- catalog subject "930 19".
- catalog subject "CB311 .T245 1988".
- catalog subject "Civilization Philosophy.".
- catalog subject "Civilization, Ancient.".
- catalog subject "Comparative civilization.".
- catalog subject "Complex organizations.".
- catalog subject "Regression (Civilization)".
- catalog tableOfContents "Introduction to collapse -- The nature of complex societies -- The study of collapse -- Understanding collapse: the marginal productivity of sociopolitical change -- Evaluation: complexity and marginal returns in collapsing societies -- Summary and implications.".
- catalog title "The collapse of complex societies / Joseph A. Tainter.".
- catalog type "text".