Collapse:how societies choose to fail or succeed

Jared Diamond

Collapse:how societies choose to fail or succeed - New York Penguin group Inc 2005 - xi,575 p. HB 23x15 cm.

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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Social History
Social Change
Environmental Policy

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