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Collapse : how societies choose to fail or succeed /

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...

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Main Author: Diamond, Jared M.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Penguin, 2006, ©2005.
Subjects and Genres:
Social history > Case studies.
Social change > Case studies.
Environmental policy > Case studies.
Civilization > history
Social Conditions > history
Environment
Histoire sociale > Études de cas.
Changement social > Études de cas.
Environnement > Politique gouvernementale > Études de cas.
15.50 general world history; history of great parts of the world, peoples, civilizations: general.
Environmental policy.
Social change.
Social history.
Culturen.
Verval (geschiedenis)
Milieufactoren.
Social conditions > Case studies.
Case studies.
History (form)
Études de cas.
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