

- Ancient Civilization, Civilization, Comparative civilization, Philosophy
A survey of complex (post-hunter-gatherer, hierarchical) societies and their collapse, and the various theories proposed to account for collapse. The author develops his own theory based on the increasing cost of managing complexity that acheives decreasing marginal benefits.
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Cool, earnest, grave and classical in form.
- cooloverwhelming
- earnestironic
- gravecomic
- classical in formformally daring
- intimateepic
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About the book
- Author
- Joseph A. Tainter
- First published
- 1988
- Pages
- 250
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press, Le Retour Aux Sources, Le Retour aux Sources
- Editions
- 6
- Language
- English, French
- ISBN
- 9780521340922
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