Collapse : how societies choose to fail or succeed
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New York : Viking, 2005.
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0670033375 :
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Ilsley Public Library - Adult Non-Fiction304.2 DiamondOn Shelf

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Published
New York : Viking, 2005.
Physical Desc
xi, 575 pages, [24] pages of plates : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
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English
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0670033375 :
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Level 12.3, 48 Points

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [529]-560) and index.
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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.

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Diamond, Jared M. Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed Viking, 2005.

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Diamond, Jared M. Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed Viking, 2005.

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