{"product_id":"9780241958681-collapse","title":"Collapse","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHow Societies Choose to Fail or Survive\u003cbr\u003eWhat happened to the people who made the forlorn long-abandoned statues of Easter Island? What happened to the architects of the crumbling Maya pyramids? Will we go the same way, our skyscrapers one day standing derelict and overgrown like the temples at Angkor Wat? This book deals with these questions.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the author of \u003ci\u003eGuns, Germs and Steel\u003c\/i\u003e, Jared Diamond's\u003ci\u003e Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Survive\u003c\/i\u003e is a visionary study of the mysterious downfall of past civilizations.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eNow in a revised edition with a new afterword, Jared Diamond's \u003ci\u003eCollapse\u003c\/i\u003e uncovers the secret behind why some societies flourish, while others founder - and what this means for our future.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhat happened to the people who made the forlorn long-abandoned statues of Easter Island?\u003cbr\u003eWhat happened to the architects of the crumbling Maya pyramids?\u003cbr\u003eWill we go the same way, our skyscrapers one day standing derelict and overgrown like the temples at Angkor Wat?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBringing together new evidence from a startling range of sources and piecing together the myriad influences, from climate to culture, that make societies self-destruct, Jared Diamond's \u003ci\u003eCollapse\u003c\/i\u003e also shows how - unlike our ancestors - we can benefit from our knowledge of the past and learn to be survivors.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A grand sweep from a master storyteller of the human race' - \u003ci\u003eDaily Mail\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Riveting, superb, terrifying' - \u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Gripping . the book fulfils its huge ambition, and Diamond is the only man who could have written it' - \u003ci\u003eEconomis\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'This book shines like all Diamond's work' - \u003ci\u003eSunday Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":30343669973089,"sku":"9780241958681","price":16.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_32396599.jpg?v=1737681206","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780241958681-collapse","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}