Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed

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Penguin, Dec 27, 2005 - History - 592 pages
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Contents

PART ONE MODERN MONTANA
Under Montanas Big
PART TWO PAST SOCIETIES
Twilight at Easter
Pitcairn and Henderson Islands
The Anasazi and Their Neighbors
The Maya Collapses
The Viking Prelude and Fugues
PART THREE MODERN SOCIETIES
Rwandas Genocide
The Dominican Republic and Haiti
China Lurching Giant
Mining Australia
Why Do Some Societies Make Disastrous Decisions?
Different Conditions
What Does It All Mean to Us Today?

Norse Greenlands Flowering
Norse Greenlands
Opposite Paths to Success
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
INDEX
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