The Resource Collapse : how societies choose to fail or succeed, Jared Diamond
Collapse : how societies choose to fail or succeed, Jared Diamond
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- Summary
- 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
- Language
- eng
- Extent
- xi, 575 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates
- Contents
-
- Prologue : a tale of two farms
- pt. 1: Modern Montana. Under Montana's big sky
- pt. 2: Past societies. Twilight at Easter
- The last people alive : Pitcairn and Henderson Islands
- The ancient ones : the Anasazi and their neighbors
- The Maya collapses
- The Viking prelude and fugues
- Norse Greenland's flowering
- Norse Greenland's end
- Opposite paths to success
- pt. 3: Modern societies. Malthus in Africa : Rwanda's genocide
- One island, two peoples, two histories : the Dominican Republic and Haiti
- China, lurching giant
- "Mining" Australia
- pt. 4: Practical lessons. Why do some societies make disastrous decisions?
- Big businesses and the environment : different conditions, different outcomes
- The world as a polder : what does it all mean to us today?
- Isbn
- 9780670033379
- Label
- Collapse : how societies choose to fail or succeed
- Title
- Collapse
- Title remainder
- how societies choose to fail or succeed
- Statement of responsibility
- Jared Diamond
- Subject
-
- trueSocial change -- Case studies
- Social change -- Case studies
- trueAdult books for young adults
- Civilization -- history
- Environment
- trueEnvironmental degradation
- Environmental policy -- Case studies
- trueEnvironmental policy -- Cases
- trueHistory Writing -- General
- trueNature Writing -- Environmental Issues
- Social Conditions -- history
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- 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
- Summary
- A study of the downfall of some of history's greatest civilizations discusses the Anasazi, the Maya, and the Viking colony on Greenland, tracing patterns of environmental damage, poor political choices, and other factors in their demise
- Award
-
- ALA Notable Book, 2006.
- Library Journal Best Books, 2005.
- New York Times Notable Book, 2005
- YALSA Outstanding Book for the College Bound, 2009.
- School Library Journal Best Books: Best Adult Books 4 Teens, 2005.
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 155550
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Diamond, Jared M
- Dewey number
- 304.2/8
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- maps
- plates
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- HN13
- LC item number
- .D5 2005
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Social history
- Social change
- Environmental policy
- Civilization
- Social Conditions
- Environment
- Target audience
- adult
- http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/titleRemainder
- how societies choose to fail or succeed
- Label
- Collapse : how societies choose to fail or succeed, Jared Diamond
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [529]-560) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Prologue : a tale of two farms -- pt. 1: Modern Montana. Under Montana's big sky -- pt. 2: Past societies. Twilight at Easter -- The last people alive : Pitcairn and Henderson Islands -- The ancient ones : the Anasazi and their neighbors -- The Maya collapses -- The Viking prelude and fugues -- Norse Greenland's flowering -- Norse Greenland's end -- Opposite paths to success -- pt. 3: Modern societies. Malthus in Africa : Rwanda's genocide -- One island, two peoples, two histories : the Dominican Republic and Haiti -- China, lurching giant -- "Mining" Australia -- pt. 4: Practical lessons. Why do some societies make disastrous decisions? -- Big businesses and the environment : different conditions, different outcomes -- The world as a polder : what does it all mean to us today?
- Control code
- 20964894
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Extent
- xi, 575 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780670033379
- Lccn
- 2004057152
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, maps
- System control number
-
- (OCoLC)ocm56367771
- (Sirsi) AAS-9225
- Label
- Collapse : how societies choose to fail or succeed, Jared Diamond
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [529]-560) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Prologue : a tale of two farms -- pt. 1: Modern Montana. Under Montana's big sky -- pt. 2: Past societies. Twilight at Easter -- The last people alive : Pitcairn and Henderson Islands -- The ancient ones : the Anasazi and their neighbors -- The Maya collapses -- The Viking prelude and fugues -- Norse Greenland's flowering -- Norse Greenland's end -- Opposite paths to success -- pt. 3: Modern societies. Malthus in Africa : Rwanda's genocide -- One island, two peoples, two histories : the Dominican Republic and Haiti -- China, lurching giant -- "Mining" Australia -- pt. 4: Practical lessons. Why do some societies make disastrous decisions? -- Big businesses and the environment : different conditions, different outcomes -- The world as a polder : what does it all mean to us today?
- Control code
- 20964894
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Extent
- xi, 575 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates
- Isbn
- 9780670033379
- Lccn
- 2004057152
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, maps
- System control number
-
- (OCoLC)ocm56367771
- (Sirsi) AAS-9225
Subject
- trueSocial change -- Case studies
- Social change -- Case studies
- trueAdult books for young adults
- Civilization -- history
- Environment
- trueEnvironmental degradation
- Environmental policy -- Case studies
- trueEnvironmental policy -- Cases
- trueHistory Writing -- General
- trueNature Writing -- Environmental Issues
- Social Conditions -- history
Genre
Included in
- trueYALSA Outstanding Books for the College Bound - History and Cultures: 2009
- trueALA Notable Books - Nonfiction: 2006
- trueLibrary Journal Best Books: 2005
- trueNew York Times Notable Books - Nonfiction: 2005
- trueSchool Library Journal's Adult Books for High School Students: 2005
Tone Tone is the feeling that a book evokes in the reader. In many cases, this category best answers the question, "What are you in the mood for?"
Writing style Writing style terms tell us how a book is written, from the complexity of the language to the level of the detail in the background.
- Award
- ALA Notable Book, 2006.
- Award
- Library Journal Best Books, 2005.
- Award
- New York Times Notable Book, 2005
- Award
- YALSA Outstanding Book for the College Bound, 2009.
- Award
- School Library Journal Best Books: Best Adult Books 4 Teens, 2005.
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