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Published by Allen Lane, 2005
ISBN 10: 0713992867ISBN 13: 9780713992861
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Hardback. Condition: Good. The book has been read but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact and the cover is intact. Some minor wear to the spine.
Published by Allen Lane, 2005
ISBN 10: 0713992867ISBN 13: 9780713992861
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Published by Allen Lane 17/01/2005, 2005
ISBN 10: 0713992867ISBN 13: 9780713992861
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Published by Penguin Books Ltd, United Kingdom, London, 2005
ISBN 10: 0713992867ISBN 13: 9780713992861
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Paperback. Condition: Very Good. In Collapse, Jared Diamond investigates the fate of past human societies, and the lessons for our own future. What happened to the people who built the ruined temples of Angkor Wat, the long-abandonded statues of Easter Island, the crumbling Maya pyramids of the Yucatan? All saw their cultures collapse because of environmental crises. And it looks as if those crises were self-induced. As in his celebrated global best-seller Guns, Germs and Steel, Diamond brings together new evidence from a startling range of sources to tell a story with epic scope. And he lends it urgency for the modern world by probing the roots of decisions which allowed some societies to avoid ecological catastrophe, while others succumbed. How, he asks, can we learn to be survivors? The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Published by Allen Lane 17/01/2005, 2005
ISBN 10: 0713992867ISBN 13: 9780713992861
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Published by Allen Lane, 2005
ISBN 10: 0713992867ISBN 13: 9780713992861
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. Missing dust jacket; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less 2.3.
Published by Allen Lane, 2005
ISBN 10: 0713992867ISBN 13: 9780713992861
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Published by Allen Lane, 2005
ISBN 10: 0713992867ISBN 13: 9780713992861
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Published by Allen Lane, 2005
ISBN 10: 0713992867ISBN 13: 9780713992861
Seller: Hawking Books, Edgewood, TX, U.S.A.
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Published by London: Allen Lane, 2005
ISBN 10: 0713992867ISBN 13: 9780713992861
Seller: MW Books, New York, NY, U.S.A.
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First Edition. Near fine cloth copy in a very good if slightly edge-nicked and dust-toned dust-wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 400 p., 12 leaves of plates ill.; 24 cm. Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index. Subjects: Human ecology. Nature Effect of human beings on. Social change. Environmental policy. Man Influence on nature. Man Influence of environment. Genre: Human Ecology. 1 Kg.
Published by Allen Lane, 2005
ISBN 10: 0713992867ISBN 13: 9780713992861
Seller: Hamelyn, Madrid, Spain
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Condition: Muy bueno. In Collapse, Jared Diamond investigates the fate of past human societies, and the lessons for our own future. What happened to the people who built the ruined temples of Angkor Wat, the long-abandonded statues of Easter Island, the crumbling Maya pyramids of the Yucatan? All saw their cultures collapse because of environmental crises. And it looks as if those crises were self-induced. As in his celebrated global best-seller Guns, Germs and Steel, Diamond brings together new evidence from a startling range of sources to tell a story with epic scope. And he lends it urgency for the modern world by probing the roots of decisions which allowed some societies to avoid ecological catastrophe, while others succumbed. How, he asks, can we learn to be survivors?EAN: 9780713992861 Tipo: Libros Categoría: Título: Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail Or SurviveAutor: Diamond, Jared Editorial: Allen Lane Idioma: EN Páginas: 592 Peso: 960 Año de publicación: 2005.
Published by London: Allen Lane, 2005
ISBN 10: 0713992867ISBN 13: 9780713992861
Seller: MW Books Ltd., Galway, Ireland
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First Edition. Near fine cloth copy in a very good if slightly edge-nicked and dust-toned dust-wrapper. Remains particularly well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: 400 p., 12 leaves of plates ill.; 24 cm. Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index. Subjects: Human ecology. Nature Effect of human beings on. Social change. Environmental policy. Man Influence on nature. Man Influence of environment. Genre: Human Ecology. 1 Kg.
Published by Allen Lane, 2005
ISBN 10: 0713992867ISBN 13: 9780713992861
Seller: Hay-on-Wye Booksellers, Hay-on-Wye, HEREF, United Kingdom
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Condition: Very Good. Used, dust jacket outer edges have minor scuffs, cover has light scratches, some outer pages have Brown marks, book content is in very good condition.
Published by Allen Lane, 2005
ISBN 10: 0713992867ISBN 13: 9780713992861
Seller: LiLi - La Liberté des Livres, CANEJAN, France
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Condition: very good. vendeur pro, expedition soignee en 24/48h. Le livre peut montrer des signes d'usure dus a son utilisation, etre marque ou presenter plusieurs dommages esthetiques mineurs.
Published by Allen Lane / Penguin Books Ltd, London, 2005
ISBN 10: 0713992867ISBN 13: 9780713992861
Seller: The Print Room, Lilley nr Luton, United Kingdom
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Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. Jacket after Frederick Catherwood (illustrator). 1st Edition. First edition, fourth impression with '4' on copyright page. Some slight edge wear to top and bottom of jacket and spine, corners very slightly bruised, some slight separation between verso ffep and half title page along hinge, spine very slightly faded, not price clipped (£20.00), no inscriptions, internally clean tightish and square, overall a vg copy. 576pp, illustrated. In 'Collapse', Jared Diamond investigates the fate of past human societies, and the lessons for our own future. What happened to the people who built the ruined temples of Angkor Wat, the long abandoned statues of Easter Island, the crumbling Maya pyramids of the Yucatan? All saw their cultures collapse because of environmental crises. And it looks as if those crises were self induced. As in his celebrated global best seller 'Guns, Germs and Steel', Diamond brings together new evidence from a startling range of sources to tell a story with epic scope. And he lends it urgency for the modern world by probing the roots of decisions which allowed some societies to avoid ecological catastrophe, while others succumbed. How he asks, can we learn to be survivors? Quite a scarce book.
Published by Allen Lane, 2005
ISBN 10: 0713992867ISBN 13: 9780713992861
Seller: Richard Booth's Bookshop, Hereford, United Kingdom
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HardBack. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Very Good. First Edition. Allen Lane. Hardcover. 592 pages. published in 2005A fine copy in black cloth boards illustrated with bw maps and plates, has a very goodfine dust jacket.
Published by Allen Lane, 2005
ISBN 10: 0713992867ISBN 13: 9780713992861
Seller: Hameston Books, Macclesfield, United Kingdom
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Hardcover. Condition: Good. Dust Jacket Included. 1st Edition. HARDCOVER with light edge wear to unclipped jacket. NO scribbles/inscriptions of any kind. Contents clean/binding tight.
Published by Allen Lane, 2005
ISBN 10: 0713992867ISBN 13: 9780713992861
Seller: GF Books, Inc., Hawthorne, CA, U.S.A.
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Condition: Good. Book is in Used-Good condition. Pages and cover are clean and intact. Used items may not include supplementary materials such as CDs or access codes. May show signs of minor shelf wear and contain limited notes and highlighting.
Published by Allen Lane, 2005
ISBN 10: 0713992867ISBN 13: 9780713992861
Seller: Strawberry Hill Books, Rotherfield, East Sussex, United Kingdom
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Hardcover. Condition: As New. Dust Jacket Condition: As New. 1st Edition. Type: Book pp XI, 575. 8th printing. An unread book.
Published by London: Penguin Books, 2005
ISBN 10: 0713992867ISBN 13: 9780713992861
Seller: Fundus-Online GbR Borkert Schwarz Zerfaß, Berlin, Germany
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Hardcover with dust jacket. Condition: Gut. First Edition. XI, 575 p. leichte Gebrauchsspuren am Schutzumschlag, Kopfschnitt leicht angeschmutzt, sonst guter Zustand und innen sauber, beiliegend einige Artikel zum Autor / light wear to dust jacket, top edge slightly soiled, otherwise good condition and clean inside, enclosed some articles about the author. - New Classic / From groundbreaking writer and thinker Jared Diamond comes an epic, visionary new book on the mysterious collapse of past civilizations - and what this means for our future. Why do some societies flourish, while others founder? What happened to the people who made the forlorn, long-abandoned statues of Easter Island or to the architects of the crumbling Maya pyramids? Will we go the same way, our skyscrapers one day standing derelict and overgrown like the temples at Angkor Wat? Many cultures have disintegrated, Jared Diamond reveals, because of environmental crises - and most of these crises were self-induced. Taking us on a rich, compelling journey through history, Diamond travels the globe from Haiti to New Guinea, Iceland to the Pacific islands, to explore the fates of our ancestors. Why, he asks, did the Vikings who once colonized Greenland eventually starve or flee? Why did the Anasazi build the tallest buildings in the United States and then abandon them? Who left the strange monuments that the Bounty's mutineers discovered on the Pitcairn Islands - and why? Diamond also ranges over today s world: how the tiny island Tikopia has thrived against all odds for thousands of years; why the big- sky country of Montana is a ticking ecological time-bomb; and what role today s big business conglomerates have to play. Bringing together new evidence from a startling range of sources and piecing together the myriad influences, from climate to culture, that make societies self-destruct, Collapse also shows how, unlike our ancestors, we can benefit from our knowledge of the past - and learn to be survivors. / CONTENTS List of Maps Prologue: A Tale of Two Farms Two farms Collapses, past and present Vanished Edens? A five-point framework Businesses and the environment The comparative method Plan of the book PartOne: MODERN MONTANA Chapter 1: Under Montana s Big Sky Stan Falkow s story Montana and me Why begin with Montana? Montana s economic history Mining Forests Soil Water Native and non-native species Differing visions Attitudes towards regulation Rick Laible s story Chip Pigman s story Tim Huls s story John Cook s story Montana, model of the world PartTwo: PAST SOCIETIES Chapter 2: Twilight at Easter The quarry s mysteries Easter s geography and history People and food Chiefs, clans, and commoners Platforms and statues Carving, transporting, erecting The vanished forest Consequences for society Europeans and explanations Why was Easter fragile? Easter as metaphor Chapter 3: The Last People Alive: Pitcairn and Henderson Islands Pitcairn before the Bounty Three dissimilar islands Trade The movie s ending Chapter 4: The Ancient Ones: The Anasazi and Their Neighbors Desert farmers Tree rings Agricultural strategies Chaco s problems and packrats Regional integration Chaco s decline and end Chaco s message Chapter 5: The Maya Collapses Mysteries of lost cities The Maya environment * Maya agriculture Maya history Copan Complexities of collapses Wars and droughts Collapse in the southern lowlands The Maya message Chapter 6: The Viking Prelude and Fugues Experiments in the Atlantic The Viking explosion Autocatalysis Viking agriculture Iron Viking chiefs Viking religion Orkneys, Shetlands, Faeroes Iceland s environment Iceland s history Iceland in context Vinland Chapter 7: Norse Greenland s Flowering Europe s outpost Greenland s climate today Climate in the past Native plants and animals Norse settlement Farming Hunting and fishing An integrated economy Society Trade with Europe Self-image Chapter 8: Norse Greenland s End Introduction to the end Deforestation Soil and turf damage The Inuit s predecessors Inuit subsistence Inuit/Norse relations The end Ultimate causes of the end Chapter 9: Opposite Paths to Success Bottom up, top down New Guinea highlands Tikopia Tokugawa problems Tokugawa solutions Why Japan succeeded Other successes Part Three: MODERN SOCIETIES Chapter 10: Malthus in Africa: Rwanda s Genocide A dilemma Events in Rwanda More than ethnic hatred Buildup in Kanama Explosion in Kanama Why it happened Chapter 11: One Island, Two Peoples, Two Histories: The Dominican Republic and Haiti Differences Histories Causes of divergence Dominican environmental impacts Balaguer The Dominican environment today The future Chapter 12: China, Lurching Giant China s significance Background Air, water, soil Habitat, species, megaprojects Consequences Connections The future Chapter 13: "Mining" Australia Australia s significance Soils Water Distance Early history Imported values Trade and immigration Land degradation Other environmental problems Signs of hope and change Part Four: PRACTICAL LESSONS Chapter 14: Why Do Some Societies Make Disastrous Decisions? Road map for success Failure to anticipate Failure to perceive Rational bad behavior Disastrous values Other irrational failures Unsuccessful solutions Signs of hope Chapte 15: Big Businesses and the Environment: Different Conditions, Different Outcomes Resource extraction Two oil fields Oil company motives Hardrock mining operations Mining company motives Differences among mining companies The logging industry Forest Stewardship Council The seafood industry Businesses and the public Chapter 16: The World as a Polder: What Does It All Mean to Us Today? Introduction The most serious problems If we don t solve them Life in Los Angeles One-liner objections The past and the present Reasons for hope. ISBN 9780713992861 Sprache: Englisch Gewicht in Gramm: 1071.
Published by Gardners Books, 2005
ISBN 10: 0713992867ISBN 13: 9780713992861
Seller: The Book Spot, Sioux Falls, SD, U.S.A.
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Published by Allen Lane, 2005
ISBN 10: 0713992867ISBN 13: 9780713992861
Seller: Iridium_Books, DH, SE, Spain
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