Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed
New York: Penguin Books, 2011. Later printing. Paperback. 589pp. Octavo [21.5cm]; illustrated wraps. From publisher: In this riveting book, Jared Diamond -- whose Guns, Germs, and Steel revolutionized our understanding of history -- explores how humankind's use and abuse of the environment reveal the truth behind the world's great collapses..... More