
Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed
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, Jared Diamond's Collapse also shows how - unlike our ancestors - we can benefit from our knowledge of the past and learn to be survivors.
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- 2005
- ISBN-13
- 9781101921609
- Genre
- History
- Topics
- Societal collapseEnvironmental historyCivilization decline
Awards
- Royal Society Science Book PrizeShortlisted(2006)
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