TY - BOOK AU - Jared Diamond AU - DIAMOND (Jared) TI - Collapse:how societies choose to fail or succeed SN - 9780670033379 U1 - 304.28 23 PY - 2005/// CY - New York PB - Penguin group Inc KW - Social History KW - Social Change KW - Environmental Policy N2 - 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 ER -