Stincombe explores the basic concepts to describe modes of production and provides a basis for macroanalysis of the economics of social structures. In the introduction, he discusses problems frequently encountered by macroanalysis and cites examples from the works of Immanuel Wallerstein, Theda Skocpol, Jeffery Paige and Eric Wright. The interplay of ecological, economic, and social factors is examined in the subsequent chapters. These interactions...