9780670033379
Collapse: How Societies Choose To Fail Or Succeed
Jared M. Diamond; Jared Diamond
ISBN 13: 9780670033379
Publisher: Viking Pr
Publication Date: 2004
Binding: Hardcover
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A study of the downfall of some of history's greatest civilizations, written by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Guns, Germs, and Steel, includes coverage of such cultures as the Anasazi, the Maya, and the Viking colony on Greenland, tracing patterns of environmental damage, climate change, poor political choices, and other factors that were pivotal to their demise.
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"[M]agnificent...extraordinary in erudition and originality, compelling in [its] ability to relate the digitalized pandemonium of the present to the hushed agrarian sunrises of the far past...."
Gregg Easterbrook, New York Times Book Review, 01/30/2005
Review:"[D]ogged, fact-thick empiricism....[A] natural history of societal failure...."
Clifford Geertz, New York Review of Books, 03/24/2005
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Book Description: Penguin Putnam Inc, United States, 2005. Hardback. Book Condition: New. 250 x 164 mm. Brand New Book. In his million-copy bestseller Guns, Germs, and Steel, Jared Diamond examined how and why Western civilizations developed the technologies and immunities that allowed them to dominate much of the world. Now in this brilliant companion volume, Diamond probes the other side of the equation: What caused some of the great civilizations of the past to collapse into ruin, and what can we learn from their fates?As in Guns, Germs, and Steel, Diamond weaves an all-encompassing global thesis through a series of fascinating historical-cultural narratives. Moving from the Polynesian cultures on Easter Island to the flourishing American civilizations of the Anasazi and the Maya and finally to the doomed Viking colony on Greenland, Diamond traces the fundamental pattern of catastrophe. Environmental damage, climate change, rapid population growth, and unwise political choices were all factors in the demise of these societies, but other societies found solutions and persisted. Similar problems face us today and have already brought disaster to Rwanda and Haiti, even as China and Australia are trying to cope in innovative ways. Despite our own society's apparently inexhaustible wealth and unrivaled political power, ominous warning signs have begun to emerge even in ecologically robust areas like Montana.Brilliant, illuminating, and immensely absorbing, Collapse is destined to take its place as one of the essential books of our time, raising the urgent question: How can our world best avoid committing ecological suicide? Look out for Jared Diamond's latest book, "The World" Until Yesterday," coming from Viking in January 2013. Bookseller Inventory # AAS9780670033379 Bookseller & Payment Information | More Books from this Seller | Ask Bookseller a Question |
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