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Collapse How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed. By Jared Diamond . Viking Press, New York, 2005. 591 pp. $29.95, C$44. ISBN 0-670-03337-5. Examining cases such as Easter Island, the Greenland Norse, and the Classic Maya, the author provides a comparative study of the economic and social ruin that...

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Published in:Science
Main Author: Flannery, Tim
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) 2005
Subjects:
Greenland
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1126/science.1105671
https://www.science.org/doi/pdf/10.1126/science.1105671
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Summary:Collapse How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed. By Jared Diamond . Viking Press, New York, 2005. 591 pp. $29.95, C$44. ISBN 0-670-03337-5. Examining cases such as Easter Island, the Greenland Norse, and the Classic Maya, the author provides a comparative study of the economic and social ruin that occurs when societies undermine their ecological foundations.

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