Joseph A Tainter creator Joseph A Tainter text Cambridge, Cambridgeshire ; New York : Cambridge University Press , 1988 monographic eng

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xiv, 250 pages : maps, graphs, tables ; 26 cm 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. 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 /Joseph A Tainter Civilization, Ancient 930 TAI 9780521386739 Variety Books Publishers Distributors ;B-10,Street No-02,West Vinod Nagar ,Delhi-110092 191001 20191127153801.0