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   Jan 1, 2004 · The esteemed Jared Diamond, author of one of the most insightful and profound books of the previous decade: Guns Germs and Steel, tried to break the wave of his success on Collapse, a book about the failure of societies due to a laundry-list of (mostly environmental) issues.

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   May 2, 2024 · Summary. Jared Diamond’s Collapse builds on his earlier work, Guns, Germs, and Steel, by shifting the focus from environmental advantages to environmental ruin as a primary force shaping the fate of civilizations.

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   Collapse Summary & Study Guide includes detailed chapter summaries and analysis, quotes, character descriptions, themes, and more.

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   Major civilizations have collapsed in the past, including the Mayans, Minoans, Angkor Wat, and Easter Island, leaving behind only monumental ruins. One of the main causes of collapse in the past was mismanagement of the local environment, leading to ecological suicide, or “ecocide.”

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   Now in a revised edition with a new afterword, Jared Diamond's Collapse uncovers the secret behind why some societies flourish, while others founder - and what this means for our future. What happened to the people who made the forlorn long-abandoned statues of Easter Island?

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   A fascinating book lies within the nearly six hundred pages of Jared Diamond’s Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed. The interior book is an effort to marshal the facts surrounding the disappearances of past civilizations known for the most part by the tantalizing relics they left behind.

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   Is collapse a good book?

   • Having enjoyed Guns, Germs and Steel a lot, I was excited to read Collapse. However, it ended up being a mixed bag for me.The first half, in which he talks about ancient societies, their circumstances, why they failed and why they didn't change their behaviour, was extremely interesting and fascinating.

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   What is a collapse summary & study guide?

   • Collapse Summary & Study Guide includes detailed chapter summaries and analysis, quotes, character descriptions, themes, and more.

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   Why did societies collapse?

   • Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed, by Jared Diamond, explores why past societies collapsed. Diamond argues environmental damage, climate change, resource mismanagement, and poor responses to these challenges all played a role. He examines cases like Easter Island and the Maya, contrasting them with societies that adapted.

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   What does collapse mean?

   • By collapse, I mean a drastic decrease in human population size and/or political/economic/social complexity, over a considerable area, for an extended time. Hence collapses for ecological or other reasons often masquerade as military defeats.

   Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed: Revised Edition

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   Is Jared Diamond's 'Collapse' a good book?

   • The Independent Review published a fascinating book review of Jared Diamond’s Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed in their Spring 2006 issue.

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   What a good book to read about environmental induced societal collapse?

   • Very detailed book by author of “Guns, Germs and Steel” – enjoyable and provocative, although very detailed and easiest to read simply cover-to-cover while trying to absorb the bigger picture.Diamond’s big theme is to look at historical environmental induced societal collapse and to identify five main reasons that cause collapse (or its opposite).

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   Jan 4, 2011 · In Jared Diamond’s follow-up to the Pulitzer-Prize winning Guns, Germs and Steel, the author explores how climate change, the population explosion and political discord create the conditions for the collapse of civilization.