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Language: en
Pages: 0
Authors: Philip Ball
Categories: Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2012-06-08 - Publisher: Springer

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The Collapse of Complex Societies
Language: en
Pages: 268
Authors: Joseph Tainter
Categories: Social Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 1988 - Publisher: Cambridge University Press

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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.
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Social Emergence
Language: en
Pages: 296
Authors: R. Keith Sawyer
Categories: Philosophy
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