jan 7, 2005 - Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed Published; New York
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Collapse breaks down then factors that cause societies to fall apart into five groups. Human environmental damage, natural climate change, hostile neighbors, trade partners, and the society’s reaction to it’s environmental problems. Using individual case studies of societies that both did and didn't collapse Diamond uses the comparative method he learned in studying biology to analyse why some societies are around today and other are not. Additionally there are practical lessons which he concludes and talks about how they apply to societies today.
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