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An Essay on Political Economies in Prehistory

An Essay on Political Economies in Prehistory

Paperback

EconomicsAncient History GeneralGeneral World History

ISBN10: 3774941157
ISBN13: 9783774941151
Publisher: Eliot Werner Publications
Published: Dec 31 2017
Pages: 56
Weight: 0.20
Height: 0.30 Width: 5.30 Depth: 7.30
Language: English
A political economy approach to prehistory offers a robust means to understand different pathways to complexity. Why do states with extreme inequality develop quickly in some circumstance, while in others egalitarian societies continue for thousands of years? The search for primary drivers like population density, warfare, trade, irrigation, or information have proven largely inadequate. This essay argues that economic relations and their potential for control of surplus mobilization explain alternative evolutionary trajectories in human societies.

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