Islands of Order: A Guide to Complexity Modeling for the Social Sciences (Princeton Studies in Complexity Book 29)

Islands of Order is a groundbreaking book that reveals how complexity science can help us understand how societies change over time.

Drawing on decades of fieldwork in the Malay Archipelago, Lansing and Cox show how to harness powerful models of change to uncover hidden patterns and dynamics in culture, language, cooperation, and hierarchy emergence.

With an interactive companion website that enables readers to explore these models in depth, Islands of Order is a must-read for anyone interested in understanding the complexities of human societies.