{"product_id":"economic-prehistory-six-transitions-that-shaped-the-world-hardback-9781108839907","title":"Economic Prehistory; Six Transitions That Shaped The World (Hardback) 9781108839907","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eEconomic Prehistory\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eSix Transitions That Shaped The World\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eDemonstrates how economics can explain the transformation of human society from mobile foraging bands to the first city-states.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eGregory K. Dow (Author), Clyde G. Reed (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108839907, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 5 January 2023\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e425 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.5 x 16 x 3.8 cm, 0.99 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'In this book, Greg Dow and Clyde Reed summarize their own and other economists' important recent research on six fundamental transitions that shaped the world as we know it. I am convinced that their theoretical analysis of the emergence of sedentism, agriculture, inequality, war, cities, and states in prehistory will be a key reference for future research in the field and for economists with an interest in long-run development.' Ola Olsson, University of Gothenburg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eAround 15,000 years ago, almost all humans lived in small mobile foraging bands. By about 5,000 years ago, the first city-states had appeared. This radical transformation in human society laid the foundations for the modern world. We use economic logic and archaeological evidence to explain six key elements in this revolution: sedentism, agriculture, inequality, warfare, cities, and states. In our approach the ultimate cause of these events was climate change. We show how shifts in climate interacted with geography to drive technological innovation and population growth. The accumulation of population at especially rich locations led to creation of group property rights over land, stratification into elite and commoner classes, and warfare over land among rival elites. This set the stage for urbanization based on manufacturing or military defense and for elite-controlled states based on taxation. Our closing chapter shows how these developments eventually resulted in contemporary global civilization.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e1. Economics meets Archaeology\u003cbr\u003e 2. A Primer on Malthusian Economics\u003cbr\u003e Part I. Sedentism and Agriculture: 3. The Upper Paleolithic\u003cbr\u003e 4. The transition to Sedentism\u003cbr\u003e 5. The transition to Agriculture\u003cbr\u003e Part II. Inequality and Warfare: 6. The transition to Inequality\u003cbr\u003e 7. Warfare between Egalitarian groups\u003cbr\u003e 8. Warfare between Elite groups\u003cbr\u003e Part III. Cities and States: 9. Mesopotamian city-states: Data and hypotheses\u003cbr\u003e 10. Mesopotamian city-states: A formal model\u003cbr\u003e 11. The emergence of Cities and States.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Economic history [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Economic history\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Economic%20history%20%5BKCZ%5D%22\"\u003eKCZ\u003c\/a\u003e], Development economics \u0026amp; emerging economies [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Development economics \u0026amp; emerging economies\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Development%20economics%20\u0026amp;%20emerging%20economies%20%5BKCM%5D%22\"\u003eKCM\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46000193241368,"sku":"9781108839907","price":31.59,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781108839907i.jpg?v=1696727406","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/economic-prehistory-six-transitions-that-shaped-the-world-hardback-9781108839907","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}