Collapse by Jared Diamond

June 27, 2012 by Christina

Nonfiction — print. Penguin, 2006. Originally published 2005. 576 pgs. Purchased. Subtitled “How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed”, Diamond takes readers through a series of societies — past and present — that collapsed due to environmental damage. Some of societies included are the typical examples — Mayan culture in South America, Easter Island, and forest degradation in Haiti — while others were completely unexpected. I never expected the book to start with Montana, although it’s information about agriculture and […]

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