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    <title>Collapse:how societies choose to fail or succeed</title>
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    <dateIssued>2005</dateIssued>
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    <extent>xi,575 p. HB 23x15 cm.</extent>
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  <abstract>A study of the downfall of some of history's greatest civilizations, written by the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of Guns, Germs, and Steel, includes coverage of such cultures as the Anasazi, the Maya, and the Viking colony on Greenland, tracing patterns of environmental damage, climate change, poor political choices, and other factors that were pivotal to their demise.</abstract>
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