Books > Social sciences > Politics & government > Central government > Central government policies
|
Buy Now
Collapse - How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed: Revised Edition (Paperback)
Loot Price: R565
Discovery Miles 5 650
You Save: R89
(14%)
|
|
Collapse - How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed: Revised Edition (Paperback)
(2 ratings, sign in to rate)
List price R654
Loot Price R565
Discovery Miles 5 650
You Save R89 (14%)
Expected to ship within 18 - 22 working days
|
In Jared Diamond's follow-up to the Pulitzer-Prize winning "Guns,
Germs and Steel," the author explores how climate change, the
population explosion and political discord create the conditions
for the collapse of civilization
Environmental damage, climate change, globalization, rapid
population growth, and unwise political choices were all factors in
the demise of societies around the world, but some found solutions
and persisted. As in Guns, Germs, and Steel, Diamond traces the
fundamental pattern of catastrophe, and weaves an all-encompassing
global thesis through a series of fascinating historical-cultural
narratives. Collapse moves from the Polynesian cultures on Easter
Island to the flourishing American civilizations of the Anasazi and
the Maya and finally to the doomed Viking colony on Greenland.
Similar problems face us today and have already brought disaster to
Rwanda and Haiti, even as China and Australia are trying to cope in
innovative ways. Despite our own society's apparently inexhaustible
wealth and unrivaled political power, ominous warning signs have
begun to emerge even in ecologically robust areas like Montana.
Brilliant, illuminating, and immensely absorbing, Collapse is
destined to take its place as one of the essential books of our
time, raising the urgent question: How can our world best avoid
committing ecological suicide?
General
Is the information for this product incomplete, wrong or inappropriate?
Let us know about it.
Does this product have an incorrect or missing image?
Send us a new image.
Is this product missing categories?
Add more categories.
Review This Product
No reviews yet - be the first to create one!
|
You might also like..
|
Email address subscribed successfully.
A activation email has been sent to you.
Please click the link in that email to activate your subscription.