Killing Civilization: A Reassessment of Early Urbanism and Its Consequences

by Justin Jennings

Book Overview

The concept of civilization has long been the basis for theories about how societies evolve. This provocative book challenges that concept. The author argues that a civilization bias shapes academic explanations of urbanization, colonization, state formation, and cultural horizons. Earlier theorists have criticized the concept, but according to Jennings the critics remain beholden to it as a way of making sense of a dizzying landscape of cultural...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0826362737
• ISBN13: 9780826362735
• Release Date: April 2021
• Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
• Length: 376 Pages
• Weight: 1.22 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"