Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed

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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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Predicate Object
instanceOf non-fiction book
popular science book
aimsTo explain why some societies collapse
explain why some societies survive
author Jared Diamond
countryOfOrigin 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 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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