Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed

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non-fiction book popular science book

Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed is a 2005 non-fiction book by Jared Diamond that analyzes why past and present societies have collapsed or survived, focusing on environmental and societal factors.

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instanceOf non-fiction book ⓘ
popular science book ⓘ
aimsTo explain why some societies collapse ⓘ
explain why some societies survive ⓘ
author Jared Diamond ⓘ
countryOfOrigin United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
follows Guns, Germs, and Steel ⓘ
genre environmental history ⓘ
history ⓘ
sociology ⓘ
hasEdition audiobook edition ⓘ
hardcover edition ⓘ
paperback edition ⓘ
hasPart case study of Easter Island ⓘ
case study of modern Australia ⓘ
case study of modern China ⓘ
case study of modern Haiti and the Dominican Republic ⓘ
case study of modern Montana ⓘ
case study of modern Rwanda ⓘ
case study of the Anasazi ⓘ
case study of the Maya civilization ⓘ
case study of the Norse in Greenland ⓘ
influencedBy anthropology ⓘ
archaeology ⓘ
environmental science ⓘ
geography ⓘ
language English ⓘ
mainConcept climate change as a factor in collapse ⓘ
hostile neighbors as a factor in collapse ⓘ
interaction between environment and society ⓘ
loss of trading partners as a factor in collapse ⓘ
role of environmental damage in collapse ⓘ
societal responses to environmental problems ⓘ
mediaType print ⓘ
notableIdea five-point framework for societal collapse ⓘ
publicationYear 2005 ⓘ
publisher The Viking Press ⓘ
surface form: Viking Press
relatedWork Guns, Germs, and Steel ⓘ
The World Until Yesterday ⓘ
subject comparative history ⓘ
ecology ⓘ
environmental degradation ⓘ
resource management ⓘ
societal collapse ⓘ
sustainability ⓘ
targetAudience general readership ⓘ
students of environmental studies ⓘ
students of history ⓘ
timePeriodCovered ancient societies ⓘ
medieval societies ⓘ
modern societies ⓘ

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Upheaval: Turning Points for Nations in Crisis → relatedWork → Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed ⓘ
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subject surface form: Jared Diamond
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this entity surface form: Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Survive