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Title: Understanding Early Civilizations: A Comparative Study by Bruce Trigger ISBN: 0-521-82245-9 Publisher: Cambridge University Press Pub. Date: 01 May, 2003 Format: Hardcover Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $50.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 4 (1 review)
Rating: 4
Summary: A great comparative review of early civilizations
Comment: In the last few years I have tried and read books offering a broad scope and general overviews of history, sociology, anthropology and religion (you may well say that globalization has reached social science too). With that aim in mind, I have read this book.
The description on the approach of the book provided by the "Book reviews" is fairly accurate. Therefore, I will only point out that this book shows both the depths of the present state of knowledge and ignorance on the matter: all relevant issues of 7 early civilizations are compared and the conclusions are basically negative, i.e., current rival explanations are shown to be defective, and the author expects that psychology and the neurosciences may help to provide for better explanations in the future, but the author does not set forth any new paradigma or global explanation on the subject.
Although the content is very interesting, the book often happens to be a tough reading; therefore I have rated the book as a 4 start book(content: 5 starts; pleasure of reading: 3 to 1).
Other books I would recommend to read are the following: "The Dynamics of Global Dominance. European Overseas Empires 1415-1980", by David Abernethy, the trilogy on the Information Age ("The Rise of the Network Society", "The power of Identity", "End of Millennium") by Manuel Castells, "Pre-industrial societies" by Patricia Crone, "The History of Government" by S.E. Finer, "Power and privilege" by Gerhard Lenski, "The world economy. A millennial perspective" by Angus Maddison, "The Rise of the West" by William H. McNeill, "The Phenomenon of Religion", by Moojan Momen and "World History. A new perspective" by Clive Ponting.
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Title: State Formation in Early China (Duckworth Debates in Archaeology) by Li Liu, Xingcan Chen ISBN: 0715632248 Publisher: Gerald Duckworth & Company Pub. Date: 01 November, 2003 List Price(USD): $16.95 |
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Title: The Political Landscape: Constellations of Authority in Early Complex Polities by Adam T. Smith ISBN: 0520237501 Publisher: University of California Press Pub. Date: 01 October, 2003 List Price(USD): $24.95 |
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Title: The Archaeology of Ethnicity: Constructing Identities in the Past and Present by Sian Jones ISBN: 0415141583 Publisher: Routledge Pub. Date: 01 June, 1997 List Price(USD): $34.95 |
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Title: The Archaeology of Syria: From Complex Hunter-Gatherers to Early Urban Societies (C. 16,000-300 Bc) (Cambridge World Archaeology) by Peter M. M. G. Akkermans, Glenn Schwartz, Glenn M. Schwartz ISBN: 0521796660 Publisher: Cambridge University Press Pub. Date: 01 February, 2004 List Price(USD): $40.00 |
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Title: Archaeological Landscapes of the Near East by T. J. Wilkinson ISBN: 0816521743 Publisher: University of Arizona Press Pub. Date: 01 November, 2003 List Price(USD): $35.00 |
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