| Bronze Age Economics: The First Political Economies Contributor(s): Earle, Timothy (Author) |
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ISBN: 0813338778 ISBN-13: 9780813338774 Publisher: Routledge OUR PRICE: $90.20 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: March 2002 Annotation: Bronze Age Economics is a collection of Timothy Earle's major essays. Its comparative analysis of prehistoric economies is grounded in archaeological and historical data from three cases: Hawaiian chiefdoms, Andean South America (particularly the Inka), and Bronze Age Denmark. The book looks at trajectories of economic development as they affect, and are affected by, political institutions. The essays then evaluate the significance of that economic distinction for the evolution of political institutions. As the book represents the trajectory of Earle's professional life over the past 25 years, it can be argued that the book fairly encapsulates something of the history of processual archaeology and social evolutionary theory during the last quarter of the twentieth century. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Business & Economics | Economic History |
| Dewey: 306.3 |
| LCCN: 2001057924 |
| Lexile Measure: 1380 |
| Physical Information: 1" H x 5.9" W x 8.98" (1.33 lbs) 464 pages |
| Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
| Publisher Description: Timothy Earle has set out to offer the most comprehensive view now available of the economic foundations of early societies, and it may well be that he has succeeded. Bronze Age Economics is a pioneering contribution to archaeological theory. --Colin Renfrew, University of Cambridge |