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PublisherCambridge University Press

ISBN-101316606074

ISBN-139781316606070

eBay Product ID (ePID)223751986

Product Key Features

Number of Pages462 Pages

LanguageEnglish

Publication NameUnderstanding Collapse : Ancient History and Modern Myths

SubjectArchaeology, Ancient / General, Sociology / General, General, Ecology

Publication Year2017

TypeTextbook

AuthorGuy D. Middleton

Subject AreaNature, Philosophy, Social Science, History

FormatTrade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height0.7 in

Item Weight25.8 Oz

Item Length9 in

Item Width6 in

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Intended AudienceCollege Audience

LCCN2016-023884

Dewey Edition23

Reviews'Middleton's book is the best introduction to 'collapsology'. It carefully dissects theories, especially grand theories, and marshals data so that the reader can see what collapses (and what doesn't) in major cases from Rome and Egypt to the Maya and Easter Island. It is informative from beginning to end and gracefully written.' Norman Yoffee, University of Michigan

IllustratedYes

Dewey Decimal930

Table Of ContentList of figures; List of tables; Acknowledgments; Preface; 1. Introducing collapse; 2. Egypt: the old kingdom falls; 3. Akkad: the end of the world's first empire; 4. The Indus Valley: a truly lost civilisation?; 5. The end of Minoan Crete; 6. The kingdoms of Mycenaean Greece; 7. The Hittites and the Eastern Mediterranean; 8. The fall of the Western Roman Empire; 9. Collapse and revolution in Mesoamerica; 10. The classic Maya collapse; 11. Collapse in the Andes; 12. Angkor and the Khmer; 13. The incredible survival of Rapa Nui; 14. Conclusions; 15. Bibliographic essay.

SynopsisIn this lively survey, Guy D. Middleton critically examines our ideas about collapse - how we explain it and how we have constructed potentially misleading myths around collapses - showing how and why collapse of societies was a much more complex phenomenon than is often admitted., Understanding Collapse explores the collapse of ancient civilisations, such as the Roman Empire, the Maya, and Easter Island. In this lively survey, Guy D. Middleton critically examines our ideas about collapse - how we explain it and how we have constructed potentially misleading myths around collapses - showing how and why collapse of societies was a much more complex phenomenon than is often admitted. Rather than positing a single explanatory model of collapse - economic, social, or environmental - Middleton gives full consideration to the overlooked resilience in communities of ancient peoples and the choices that they made. He offers a fresh interpretation of collapse that will be accessible to both students and scholars. The book is an engaging, introductory-level survey of collapse in the archaeology/history literature, which will be ideal for use in courses on the collapse of civilizations, sustainability, and climate change. It includes up-to-date case studies of famous and less well-known examples of collapses, and is illustrated with 25 black and white illustrations, 3 line drawings, 16 tables and 18 maps.

LC Classification NumberCB311.M43 2017