{"product_id":"what-s-new","title":"What’s New?","description":"\u003cp\u003eFirst published in 1989, \u003ci\u003eWhat’s New?\u003c\/i\u003e puts innovation firmly back on the agenda of archaeological interpretation. This book revives interest in the process of innovation and reinterprets it by drawing on original work done in a variety of disciplines. It demonstrates that the study of the components of innovation—invention, acceptance, and the context in which they occur—is essential if social change is to be better understood.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe book contains detailed case studies that cover a broad geographical range in the prehistoric, historic, and modern world. It simulates and analyses the conditions of innovation and provides the necessary theoretical framework. The technologies involved are diverse: herding, fishing, pottery-making, metalworking, and land management. Several important issues emerge from this diversity: it is the context of innovation that determines whether change will take place; within hierarchical societies, ideology can both stimulate and deny innovation; and the potential for innovation, experimentation, and change in traditional societies is systematically underrated by the Western world, which is dominated by a narrow, technological perspective. The contributors also study innovation in social and applied anthropology, industrial planning, and the natural sciences.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eWhat’s New? \u003c\/i\u003ewill provoke renewed discussion throughout the archaeological community about the process of innovation. Anthropologists, human geographers, and other social scientists will find it fascinating because it provides a time dimension for the study of the conditions of human and social change.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Ltd","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54846622269784,"sku":"9781041105558","price":127.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781041105558_16d13ab1-2e7c-4660-9099-4e5bf5cb8e00.jpg?v=1777949133","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/what-s-new","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}