Collapse：How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed

图书标准信息

• 作者 Jared Diamond 著
• 出版社 penguin
• 出版时间 2005-01
• ISBN 9780670033379
• 定价 240.00元
• 装帧 精装
• 开本 其他
• 纸张 其他
• 页数 575页
• 正文语种 英语

【内容简介】

Inhismillion-copybestseller"Guns,Germs,andSteel,"JaredDiamondexaminedhowandwhyWesterncivilizationsdevelopedthetechnologiesandimmunitiesthatallowedthemtodominatemuchoftheworld.Nowinthisbrilliantcompanionvolume,Diamondprobestheothersideoftheequation:Whatcausedsomeofthegreatcivilizationsofthepasttocollapseintoruin,andwhatcanwelearnfromtheirfates?

Asin"Guns,Germs,andSteel,"Diamondweavesanall-encompassingglobalthesisthroughaseriesoffascinatinghistorical-culturalnarratives.MovingfromthePolynesianculturesonEasterIslandtotheflourishingAmericancivilizationsoftheAnasaziandtheMayaandfinallytothedoomedVikingcolonyonGreenland,Diamondtracesthefundamentalpatternofcatastrophe.Environmentaldamage,climatechange,rapidpopulationgrowth,andunwisepoliticalchoiceswereallfactorsinthedemiseofthesesocieties,butothersocietiesfoundsolutionsandpersisted.SimilarproblemsfaceustodayandhavealreadybroughtdisastertoRwandaandHaiti,evenasChinaandAustraliaaretryingtocopeininnovativeways.Despiteourownsocietyasapparentlyinexhaustiblewealthandunrivaledpoliticalpower,ominouswarningsignshavebeguntoemergeeveninecologicallyrobustareaslikeMontana.

Brilliant,illuminating,andimmenselyabsorbing,"Collapse"isdestinedtotakeitsplaceasoneoftheessentialbooksofourtime,raisingtheurgentquestion:Howcanourworldbestavoidcommittingecologicalsuicide?