Collapse : (Record no. 85186)
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| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9780143117001 |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Cutter | Dia |
| Classification number | 304.28 |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Diamond, Jared |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Collapse : |
| Remainder of title | how societies choose to fail or succeed |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc | New York |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc | Penguin Group |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc | 2005 |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Number of Pages | xiv;575p. |
| Dimensions | 5.5x8.5 |
| 520 ## - Remark | |
| Summary, etc | 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 Environmental damage, climate change, globalization, rapid population growth, and unwise political choices were all factors in the demise of societies around the world, but some found solutions and persisted. As in Guns, Germs, and Steel, Diamond traces the fundamental pattern of catastrophe, and weaves an all-encompassing global thesis through a series of fascinating historical-cultural narratives. Collapse moves from the Polynesian cultures on Easter Island to the flourishing American civilizations of the Anasazi and the Maya and finally to the doomed Viking colony on Greenland. Similar problems face us today and have already brought disaster to Rwanda and Haiti, even as China and Australia are trying to cope in innovative ways. Despite our own society’s apparently inexhaustible wealth and unrivaled political power, ominous warning signs have begun to emerge even in ecologically robust areas like Montana. Brilliant, illuminating, and immensely absorbing, Collapse is destined to take its place as one of the essential books of our time, raising the urgent question: How can our world best avoid committing ecological suicide? |
| 546 ## - LANGUAGE NOTE | |
| Language note | ENG |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Social change |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Environmental policy |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Social history |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Human ecology |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Nature--Effect of human beings |
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| Item type | Book |
| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Damaged status | Not for loan | Collection code | Permanent location | Current location | Shelving location | Date acquired | Source of acquisition | Full call number | Barcode | Date last seen | Koha item type |
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| Book | HBCSE | HBCSE | General Science | 2017-02-21 | Complimentary | 304.28/ Dia | 23702 | 2017-02-21 | Book |