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Collapse. How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed

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Talks about the mysterious collapse of past civilizations - and what this means for the future. Bringing together evidence from many sources and piecing together the myriad influences, from climate to culture, that make societies self-destruct, this book shows how unlike our ancestors we can benefit from our knowledge of the past.

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Collapse. How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed, Jared Diamond

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English
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Penguin Books
Released
2006
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Paperback
ISBN10
0140279512
ISBN13
9780140279511
First published
2005
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Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed
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Talks about the mysterious collapse of past civilizations - and what this means for the future. Bringing together evidence from many sources and piecing together the myriad influences, from climate to culture, that make societies self-destruct, this book shows how unlike our ancestors we can benefit from our knowledge of the past.