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Joseph A. Tainter. The collapse of complex societies. xiii + 250 pages, 30 figures, 7 tables. 1988. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press; ISBN 0-521-34092-6 hardback £27.50 & $39.50.

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 January 2015

David Whitehouse*
Affiliation:
The Corning Museum of Glass, Corning (NY)

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Copyright © Antiquity Publications Ltd 1988

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