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From the author of Guns, Germs and Steel, Jared Diamond''s Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Survive is a visionary study of the mysterious downfall of past civilizations.

Now in a revised edition with a new afterword, Jared Diamond''s Collapse uncovers the secret behind why some societies flourish, while others founder - and what this means for our future.

What happened to the people who made the forlorn long-abandoned statues of Easter Island?
What happened 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?

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 sur

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      Publisher Penguin Random House Group
      Imprint Penguin Books Ltd
      Published 30 June 2011
      ISBN-13 9780241958681
      978-0241958681
      ISBN-10 0241958687
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      History Social and cultural history Politics, Philosophy & Society Anthropology Science & Nature Science: general issues

      Description

      Book Synopsis

      From the author of Guns, Germs and Steel, Jared Diamond''s Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Survive is a visionary study of the mysterious downfall of past civilizations.

      Now in a revised edition with a new afterword, Jared Diamond''s Collapse uncovers the secret behind why some societies flourish, while others founder - and what this means for our future.

      What happened to the people who made the forlorn long-abandoned statues of Easter Island?
      What happened 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?

      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 sur

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