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ISBN: 9780521386739 - The Collapse of Complex Societies The Collapse of Complex Societies
Joseph A Tainter Renfrew, Colin Gamble, Clive

ISBN10: 052138673X  ISBN13: 9780521386739
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Edition: New edition
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 29 Mar 1990
Political disintegration is a persistent feature of world history. The Collapse of Complex Societies, though written by an archaeologist, will therefore strike a chord throughout the social sciences. Any explanation of societal collapse carries... More

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ISBN: 9781441976765 - Drilling Down Drilling Down
Joseph A Tainter, Tadeusz W Patzek

ISBN10: 1441976760  ISBN13: 9781441976765
Publisher: Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Edition: 2012
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 18 Sep 2011
How did our thirst for energy, our technological prowess, and the end of easy oil conspire to make the Deepwater Horizon oil spill likely? This book explains what caused the worst environmental disaster in U.S. history, from which it will take... More

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ISBN: 9780231112093 - The Way the Wind Blows The Way the Wind Blows
Roderick J McIntosh, Joseph A Tainter, Susan Keech McIntosh

ISBN10: 0231112092  ISBN13: 9780231112093
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 03 Aug 2000
Experts in a variety of disciplines in the natural and social sciences--including geology, climatology, history, and anthropology--consider such topics as the dynamics of climate, human perceptions of and responses to the environment... More

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ISBN: 9780201870404 - Evolving Complexity and Environmental Risk in the Prehistoric Southwest Evolving Complexity and Environmental Risk in the Prehistoric Southwest
Santa Fe Institute Joseph A Tainter, Bonnie Bagley Tainter

ISBN10: 0201870401  ISBN13: 9780201870404
Publisher: The Perseus Books Group Perseus Books
Edition: Reissue
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 11 Dec 1995
Proceedings of the Workshop "Resource Stress, Economic Uncertainty, and Human Response in the Prehistoric Southwest," Held February 25-29, 1992 in Santa Fe, NM. Proceedings of the Workshop Resource Stress, Economic Uncertainty, and Human Response... More

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ISBN: 9780231105873 - Supply-Side Sustainability Supply-Side Sustainability
Timothy F H Allen, Joseph A Tainter, Thomas W Hoekstra

ISBN10: 0231105878  ISBN13: 9780231105873
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Format: Paperback
Publication date: 29 Jan 2003
This is the first book to integrate ecological and social science in an interdisciplinary treatment of sustainability. The book explains sustainability and collapse in human societies ranging from hunter-gatherers to empires and today's industrial... More

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ISBN: 9780231112086 - The Way the Wind Blows The Way the Wind Blows
Roderick J McIntosh, Joseph A Tainter, Susan Keech McIntosh

ISBN10: 0231112084  ISBN13: 9780231112086
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 03 Aug 2000
Experts in a variety of disciplines in the natural and social sciences--including geology, climatology, history, and anthropology--consider such topics as the dynamics of climate, human perceptions of and responses to the environment... More

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ISBN: 9780521340922 - The Collapse of Complex Societies The Collapse of Complex Societies
Joseph A Tainter

ISBN10: 0521340926  ISBN13: 9780521340922
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 27 May 1988
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. Any explanation of political collapse carries lessons not just for the study of ancient... More

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ISBN: 9780231105866 - Supply-side Sustainability Supply-side Sustainability
Timothy F H Allen, Joseph A Tainter, Thomas W Hoekstra

ISBN10: 023110586X  ISBN13: 9780231105866
Publisher: Columbia University Press
Edition: illustrated edition
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 14 Mar 2003
This is the first book to integrate ecological and social science in an interdisciplinary treatment of sustainability. The book explains sustainability and collapse in human societies ranging from hunter-gatherers to empires and today's industrial... More

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ISBN: 9780201870398 - Evolving Complexity and Environmental Risk in the Prehistoric Southwest Evolving Complexity and Environmental Risk in the Prehistoric Southwest
Workshop "Resource Stress, Economic Uncertainty, and Human Response in the Prehistoric Southwest" (1992 : Santa Fe, N M ) Joseph A Tainter, Bonnie Bagley Tainter

ISBN10: 0201870398  ISBN13: 9780201870398
Publisher: The Perseus Books Group Perseus Books
Edition: Reissue
Format: Hardback
Publication date: 01 Jun 1999
This text contains proceedings which study prehistoric Southwestern societies as complex adaptive systems. It looks at the archaeological record to try to understand if the forces that underlie the rise and fall of societies can be concealed with... More