Kollaps. Warum Gesellschaften überleben Oder Untergehen by Jared Diamond
Warum Gesellschaften überleben oder untergehen
Through comparative historical case studies, the book examines why some societies survive while others collapse, arguing that environmental damage, climate change, hostile neighbors, loss of essential trading partners and the society’s own responses to these stresses—especially short-term thinking and resource mismanagement—determine outcomes; by analyzing examples from Easter Island and Norse Greenland to the Maya and more recent nations, it draws lessons about how institutions, technology and cultural choices can mitigate or exacerbate risks and warns that modern global civilization faces similar decision points if it fails to heed those lessons.
- Published
- 2005
- Nationality
- American
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- Original Language
- English
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- Collapse
- Kollaps
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