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The cost of complexity

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The Collapse of Complex Societies.

By Joseph A. Tainter. Cambridge University Press: 1988. Pp.250. £27.50, $39.50. The Collapse of Ancient States and Civilizations. Edited by Norman Yoffee and George L. Cowgill. University of Arizona Press: 1988. Pp.333. $35.

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