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100	1		_aOlsson, Ola. _eauthor. _4aut _4http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut _986160
245	1	0	_aPaleoeconomics _h[electronic resource] : _bClimate Change and Economic Development in Prehistory / _cby Ola Olsson.
250			_a1st ed. 2024.
264		1	_aCham : _bSpringer Nature Switzerland : _bImprint: Palgrave Macmillan, _c2024.
300			_aXXIII, 351 p. 62 illus., 54 illus. in color. _bonline resource.
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505	0		_a1. Introduction -- 2. African Origins -- 3. Human Capital Evolution in a Cooling Climate -- 4. Hunting and Gathering Homo Sapiens -- 5. The Out-of-Africa Dispersal -- 6. Glacial Adaptations -- 7. Economic Organization on the Eve of Agriculture -- 8. Domestication of Plants, Animals and Humans -- 9. Theories of the Transition to Agriculture -- 10. Agricultural Intensification, Expansion and Trade -- 11. Institutional and Technological Development -- 12. Models of State Origins -- 13. First States I: Mesopotamia and Egypt -- 14. First States II: Indus, China, Peru and Mexico -- 15. End of Prehistory.
520			_aThis accessible and insightful textbook provides a comprehensive introduction to the economics of prehistory. By offering a chronological account of the beginnings of economics and human society, it charts the key developments in early human history, from the evolution of social norms and colonizing of unknown continents, to the development of early technology and the transition to agricultural food production. The book presents and is structured around a climate pulse model of human evolution, showing how repeated cycles of warm and cold periods have shaped human behavior. Particular attention is given to how human capital, the natural environment, social capital, and the spread of knowledge and technical skills interacted with climate change and propelled economic development during prehistory. The origin of modern concerns, including wealth inequality, stratified societies, and environmental change, are thoughtfully presented through the examining of the birth of the first states and human civilization. This book provides a thrilling account of human evolution and economic development from its African origins and hunter-gather days, through to the invention of agriculture and the rise of early states. Bringing together ideas from across political economy, paleoclimatology, anthropology, and evolutionary biology, it will be relevant to students and general readers interested in these topics. .
650		0	_aEconomic history. _957506
650		0	_aEconomics. _958354
650		0	_aEnvironmental economics. _957520
650		0	_aHistory.
650		0	_aEconomic geography.
650	1	4	_aEconomic History. _957506
650	2	4	_aPolitical Economy and Economic Systems. _970994
650	2	4	_aEnvironmental Economics. _957520
650	2	4	_aHistory.
650	2	4	_aEconomic Geography.
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776	0	8	_iPrinted edition: _z9783031527838
776	0	8	_iPrinted edition: _z9783031527852
856	4	0	_uhttps://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-52784-5
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