Collapse : how societies choose to fail or succeed
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Published
New York : Viking, 2005.
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Book
Physical Desc
xi, 575 pages, [24] pages of plates : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
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IL: UG - BL: 12.3 - AR Pts: 48
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Buena Vista Branch - Adult Non-Fiction
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Published
New York : Viking, 2005.
Language
English
Accelerated Reader
UG
Level 12.3, 48 Points
Level 12.3, 48 Points
Notes
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. [529]-560) and index.
Description
What caused some of the great civilizations of the past to collapse into ruin, and what can we learn from their fates? Diamond weaves an all-encompassing global thesis through a series of historical-cultural narratives. Moving from the prehistoric Polynesian culture of Easter Island to the formerly flourishing Native American civilizations of the Anasazi and the Maya, the doomed medieval Viking colony on Greenland, and finally to the modern world, Diamond traces a pattern of catastrophe, spelling out what happens when we squander our resources, when we ignore the signals or environment gives us.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Diamond, J. M. (2005). Collapse: how societies choose to fail or succeed . Viking.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Diamond, Jared M. 2005. Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed. Viking.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Diamond, Jared M. Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed Viking, 2005.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Diamond, Jared M. Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed Viking, 2005.
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