T134cEdición de la obra The collapse of complex societies
| Autor | Joseph A. Tainter |
|---|---|
| Editorial | Cambridge University Press |
| Fecha de publicación | 1990 |
| Lugar | Cambridge |
| Idioma | inglés |
| Páginas | 250 |
| ISBN-10 | 052138673X |
| Serie | New studies in archaeology |
| Número de Cutter | T134c |
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.