Open AccessThe Collapse of Complex Societies
Author(s) -
Rachel Moll
Publication year - 2008
Publication title -
complicity
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
ISSN - 1710-5668
DOI - 10.29173/cmplct8797
Subject(s) - economic history , political science , political economy , sociology , history
A review of The Collapse of Complex Societies, by Joseph A. Tainter, 1988. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 250 pp. ISBN 052138673. $37.99 USD. Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed, Jared Diamond, 2005. NY: Penguin, 573 pp. ISBN 014303655. $17.00 USD.