Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or SucceedThis title has been removed from sale by Penguin Group, USA. |
Contents
PART ONE MODERN MONTANA | |
Under Montanas Big | |
PART TWO PAST SOCIETIES | |
Twilight at Easter | |
Pitcairn and Henderson Islands | |
The Anasazi and Their Neighbors | |
The Maya Collapses | |
The Viking Prelude and Fugues | |
PART THREE MODERN SOCIETIES | |
Rwandas Genocide | |
The Dominican Republic and Haiti | |
China Lurching Giant | |
Mining Australia | |
Why Do Some Societies Make Disastrous Decisions? | |
Different Conditions | |
What Does It All Mean to Us Today? | |
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Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed: Revised Edition Jared Diamond Limited preview - 2011 |
Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed: Revised Edition Jared Diamond Limited preview - 2011 |
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