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Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed (titled Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Survive for the British edition) is a 2005 book by academic and popular science author Jared Diamond, in which the author first defines collapse: "a drastic decrease in human population size and/or political/economic/social complexity, over a considerable area, for an extended time."
Jared Mason Diamond (born September 10, 1937) [1] is an American scientist, historian, and author. In 1985 he received a MacArthur Genius Grant , and he has written hundreds of scientific and popular articles and books .
The book Questioning Collapse (Cambridge University Press, 2010) is a collection of essays by fifteen archaeologists, cultural anthropologists, and historians criticizing various aspects of Diamond's books Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed and Guns, Germs and Steel. [28]
Petit manuel de collapsologie à l’usage des générations présentes [3] (How everything can collapse: A manual for our times), [4] published in 2015 in France. [5] It also developed into a movement when Jared Diamond's text Collapse was published. [2]
Questioning Collapse: Human Resilience, Ecological Vulnerability, and the Aftermath of Empire is a 2009 non-fiction book compiled by editors Patricia A. McAnany and Norman Yoffee that features a series of eleven essays from fifteen authors discussing how societies have developed, evolved, and whether they have or have not collapsed throughout history, with a focus on how ancient and ...
The play was ruled a flagrant 1 foul on DeShields, giving Clark two free throws. Clark made both to reach a career-high 31 points for the game and also record the first 30-point, 12-assist game in ...
Jared Fields has sparked controversy inside the Big Brother season 25 house after he referred to fellow contestant America Lopez as the R-word. Jared, 25, is the current Head of Household and was ...
Jared Diamond (born 10 September 1937) is an American scientist and author. Trained in physiology , and having published on ecology , anthropology , and linguistics , [ 1 ] Diamond's work is known for drawing from a variety of fields.