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The Collapse of Complex Societies
Häftad, 1990
679 kr
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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 …
The Way the Wind Blows
Climate Change, History, and Human Action
Av Roderick McIntosh, Joseph Tainter m. fl.
Häftad, 2000
847 kr
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Scientists and policymakers are beginning to understand in ever-increasing detail that environmental problems cannot be understood solely through the biophysical sciences. Environmental issues are fundamentally human issues and must be set in the context of social, political, cultural, and economic …
Evolving Complexity And Environmental Risk In The Prehistoric Southwest
Proceedings of the Workshop "Resource Stress, Economic Uncertainty, and Human Response in the Prehistoric Southwest," Held February 25-29, 1992 in san
Av Bonnie Tainter, Joseph Tainter
Häftad, 1996
827 kr
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Cultural behaviour exhibits many of the features of complex adaptive systems, but is in some ways distinctive. Cultural complexity is enigmatic, improbable, and difficult to maintain. It constrains behaviour, limits understanding of processes, and imposes economic burdens. The advantages of …
The Way the Wind Blows
Climate Change, History, and Human Action
Av Roderick McIntosh, Joseph Tainter m. fl.
Inbunden, 2000
3146 kr
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Scientists and policymakers are beginning to understand in ever-increasing detail that environmental problems cannot be understood solely through the biophysical sciences. Environmental issues are fundamentally human issues and must be set in the context of social, political, cultural, and economic …
