{"product_id":"collapse-how-societies-choose-to-fail-or-succeed-paperback","title":"Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJared Diamond\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn Jared Diamond's follow-up to the Pulitzer-Prize winning \u003ci\u003eGuns, Germs and Steel\u003c\/i\u003e, the author explores how climate change, the population explosion and political discord create the conditions for the collapse of civilization. Diamond is also the author of \u003ci\u003eUpheaval: Turning Points for Nations in Crisis\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEnvironmental 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 \u003cb\u003eGuns, Germs, and Steel\u003c\/b\u003e, 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. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBrilliant, illuminating, and immensely absorbing, \u003cb\u003eCollapse\u003c\/b\u003e 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? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJared Diamond\u003c\/b\u003e is a professor of geography at the University of California, Los Angeles. He began his scientific career in physiology and expanded into evolutionary biology and biogeography. Among his many awards are the National Medal of Science, the Tyler Prize for Environmental Achievement, Japan's Cosmos Prize, a MacArthur Foundation Fellowship, and the Lewis Thomas Prize honoring the Scientist as Poet, presented by The Rockefeller University. His previous books include \u003ci\u003eWhy Is Sex Fun?\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Third Chimpanzee\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCollapse\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe World Until Yesterday, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eGuns, Germs, and Steel\u003c\/i\u003e, winner of the Pulitzer Prize.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 608\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.4 x 8.4 x 5.4 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e January 04, 2011\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAccelerated Reader:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eQuiz Name:\u003c\/strong\u003e Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eInterest Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e Upper Grades, 9-12\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eReading Level:\u003c\/strong\u003e 12.3\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n                \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePoint Value:\u003c\/strong\u003e 48\u003c\/div\u003e\n                \n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51978809082157,"sku":"9780143117001","price":24.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0938\/3185\/6429\/files\/OE96MDJUeG5qSElyelFJWXh6VXlUUT09.webp?v=1775810424","url":"https:\/\/ishookbooks.com\/products\/collapse-how-societies-choose-to-fail-or-succeed-paperback","provider":"iShook Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}