Collapse：How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed

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作者Jared Diamond 著

出版社penguin

出版时间2005-01

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上书时间2024-11-21

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【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?

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