false 22997901 909010 475 0143036556 9780143036555 963 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1156921664m/475.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1156921664s/475.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/475.Collapse_How_Societies_Choose_to_Fail_or_Succeed 3.89 5619 Guns, Germs, and Steel, Jared Diamond brilliantly examined the circumstances that allowed Western civilizations to dominate much of the world. Now he probes the other side of the equation: What caused some of the great civilizations of the past to fall into ruin, and what can we learn from their fates? Using a vast historical and geographical perspective ranging from Easter Island and the Maya to Viking Greenland and modern Montana, Diamond traces a fundamental pattern of environmental catastrophe—one whose warning signs can be seen in our modern world and that we ignore at our peril. Blending the most recent scientific advances into a narrative that is impossible to put down, Collapse exposes the deepest mysteries of the past even as it offers hope for the future.]]> 256 3.94 25060 3725 2004 0 0 false Mon May 26 14:59:46 -0700 2008 Mon May 26 14:59:46 -0700 2008