Collapse <subTitle>How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed</subTitle> </titleInfo> <titleInfo> <title/> </titleInfo> <name type="personal"> <namePart>Diamond, Jared</namePart> <role> <roleTerm authority="marcrelator" type="text">creator</roleTerm> </role> </name> <name type="personal"> <namePart/> <role> <roleTerm authority="marcrelator" type="text">creator</roleTerm> </role> <role> <roleTerm type="text">Author</roleTerm> </role> </name> <typeOfResource>text</typeOfResource> <originInfo> <place> <placeTerm type="code" authority="marccountry">4:1</placeTerm> </place> <place> <placeTerm type="text">U.S.A</placeTerm> </place> <publisher>Penguin Group</publisher> <dateIssued>2005</dateIssued> <issuance>monographic</issuance> </originInfo> <language> <languageTerm authority="iso639-2b" type="code">eng</languageTerm> </language> <physicalDescription> <extent>575tr.</extent> <extent>Hardcover, Illustration</extent> <extent>24 cm</extent> </physicalDescription> <abstract>Presents a comprehensive historical narrative that describes how and why ancient civilizations such as the Anasazi, Maya, and the Polynesian culture on Easter Island failed and fell into ruin and examines how lessons learned from the past can help in preserving the future.</abstract> <note type="statement of responsibility">Jared Diamond</note> <subject> <topic>Civilization</topic> </subject> <subject> <topic>History</topic> </subject> <subject> <topic>Social change</topic> </subject> <classification authority="ddc">304.28</classification> <classification authority="ddc">D537-J37</classification> <identifier type="isbn">0670033375, 9780670033379</identifier> <identifier type="uri">https://data.thuviencodoc.org/books/16044/2.jpg</identifier> <location> <url displayLabel="Cover Image">https://data.thuviencodoc.org/books/16044/2.jpg</url> </location> <recordInfo> <recordCreationDate encoding="marc">2024-1</recordCreationDate> <recordChangeDate encoding="iso8601">20260119071541.0</recordChangeDate> </recordInfo> </mods>