Jared Diamond 3 Books Collection Set Upheaval, Collapse Guns, Germs Steel NEW

Name: Jared Diamond 3 Books Collection Set Upheaval, Collapse Guns, Germs Steel NEW
Brand: Jared Diamond

Jared Diamond

Description. Condition: Brand New. Format : Paperback. Upheaval:. In a riveting journey into the recent past, he traces how six distinctive modern nations - Finland, Chile, Indonesia, Japan, Germany and Australia - have survived defining catastrophes, and identifies patterns in their recovery. Looking ahead, he investigates the risk that the United States and other countries, faced by grave threat, are set on a course towards catastrophe.. Collapse:. Now in a revised edition with a new afterword, Jared Diamond's Collapse uncovers the secret behind why some societies flourish, while others founder - and what this means for our future.What happened to the people who made the forlorn long-abandoned statues of Easter IslandWhat happened to the architects of the crumbling Maya pyramids?Will we go the same way, our skyscrapers one day standing derelict and overgrown like the temples at Angkor Wat?. Guns, Germs and Steel:. Jared Diamond puts the case that geography and biogeography, not race,...