Collapse : how societies choose to fail or succeed
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Published
New York : Viking, 2005.
Physical Desc
xi, 575 pages, 24 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 25 cm
Status
Chino Valley Public Library - NF - Nonfiction Books
304.28 DIA
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Cottonwood Public Library - NF - Nonfiction Books
304.28 DIA
1 available
Embry Riddle Aero University - CIRCCOLL - Circulating Collection
HN13.D5 2005
1 available

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Published
New York : Viking, 2005.
Format
Book - Regular Print
Language
English
Accelerated Reader
UG
Level 12.3, 48 Points
Lexile measure
1460

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Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 529-560) and index.
Description
What caused some of the great civilizations of the past to collapse into ruin, and what can we learn from their fates? Diamond weaves an all-encompassing global thesis through a series of historical-cultural narratives. Moving from the prehistoric Polynesian culture of Easter Island to the formerly flourishing Native American civilizations of the Anasazi and the Maya, the doomed medieval Viking colony on Greenland, and finally to the modern world, Diamond traces a pattern of catastrophe, spelling out what happens when we squander our resources, when we ignore the signals or environment gives us.
Target Audience
1460 L,Lexile
Target Audience
1460L,Lexile
Study Program Information
Accelerated Reader,Grades 9-12,12.3,48,SD,Quiz 101906,English non-fiction.
Study Program Information
Accelerated Reader AR,UG,12.3,48,101906.
Study Program Information
Accelerated Reader,Grades 9-12,12.3,48,SD,Quiz 101906,English non-fiction.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Diamond, J. M. (2005). Collapse: how societies choose to fail or succeed . Viking.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Diamond, Jared M. 2005. Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed. Viking.

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Diamond, Jared M. Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed Viking, 2005.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Diamond, Jared M. Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed Viking, 2005.

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