num_pages: 576
description: From the ghostly stone heads of Easter Island to crumbling Mayan cities hidden deep in the jungle, the mysterious ruins of lost worlds and vanished civilizations continue to haunt us. How could such mighty societies fall? And could our skyscrapers one day stand derelict and overgrown like ancient temples? Jared Diamond takes us on an epic journey around the globe, through the history of humanity and on to the future, to discover how - when tomorrow comes - we can be survivors.
language: English
title: Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Survive
titlecomplete: Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Survive
genres: Anthropology, Social Science, Politics, Environment, Science, Nonfiction, Economics, Sociology, History, Society
ratings_count: 70403
series: Civilizations Rise and Fall
awards: awardedAt: 1136102400000
name: Royal Society Science Book Prize, awardedAt: 1104566400000
name: California Book Award
category: Nonfiction (Silver), awardedAt: 1167638400000
name: Prix du livre sur l'environnement
publisher: Penguin Books Canada, Limited