Viking. New in New dust jacket. Date: 2004. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0670033375 . This specific hardback book is in new condition with a hard board cover that has sharp edges and corners and has a tight binding. The pages are clean, crisp, unmarked and uncreased. The dust jacket is in new condition with no discernible wear. We package all books in custom cardboard book boxes for shipment and ship daily with tracking numbers.; "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."; 6.46 X 1.84 X 9.58 inches; 592 pages . 2004. Viking ISBN 0670033375 9780670033379 [US]

New York: Viking. Fine in Fine dust jacket. Date: 2004. First Edition; First Printing. Hardcover. 0670033375 . Tight clean bright unmarked book in lightly rubbed DJ. ; 2 x 9.3 x 6.1 Inches; 592 pages . 2004. Viking ISBN 0670033375 9780670033379 [CA]

ISBN10: 0670033375, ISBN13: 9780670033379, [publisher: Viking] Hardcover Brilliant, illuminating, and immensely absorbing, Collapse is destined to take its place as one of the essential books of our time, raising the urgent question: How can our world best avoid committing ecological suicide? In his million-copy bestseller Guns, Germs, and Steel, Jared Diamond examined how and why Western civilizations developed the technologies and immunities that allowed them to dominate much of the world. Now in this brilliant companion volume, Diamond probes the other side of the equation: What caused some of the great civilizations of the past to collapse into ruin, and what can we learn from their fates? As in Guns, Germs, and Steel, Diamond weaves an all-encompassing global thesis through a series of fascinating historical-cultural narratives. Moving from the Polynesian cultures on Easter Island to the flourishing American civilizations of the Anasazi and the Maya and finally to the doomed Viking colony on Greenland, Diamond traces the fundamental pattern of catastrophe. Environmental damage, climate change, rapid population growth, and unwise political choices were all factors in the demise of these societies, but other societies found solutions and persisted. Similar problems face us today and have already brought disaster to Rwanda and Haiti, even as China and Australia are trying to cope in innovative ways. Despite our own society's apparently inexhaustible wealth ...
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Penguin Publishing Group. Used - Very Good. Former library book; may include library markings. Used book that is in excellent condition. May show signs of wear or have minor defects. Penguin Publishing Group ISBN 0670033375 9780670033379 [US]

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Penguin Publishing Group, Date: 2004. Hardcover. Good. Former library book; Pages can have notes/highlighting. Spine may show signs of wear. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed. 2004. Penguin Publishing Group ISBN 0670033375 9780670033379 [US]

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ISBN10: 0670033375, ISBN13: 9780670033379, [publisher: Viking] Hardcover Prompt shipment, with tracking. we ship in CLEAN SECURE BOXES NEW BOXES History: Very good Hardcover with Dust Jacket, Clean pages, minor creasing to dust jacket.
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New York: Viking Adult, Date: 2004. Later Printing. . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. Suitable as a gift. 2004. Viking Adult ISBN 0670033375 9780670033379 [US]

New York: Viking, Date: 2005. First edition, fourth printing. Hardcover. Extremely light edgewear to DJ protected in archival mylar sleeve, extremely little wear to spine head & foot, barely rubbed corners, else near fine(-) in near fine(+) DJ.. Large octavo in grey DJ; xi, 575 p, [24] p of b&w plates & maps ; 25 cm. "In his Pulitzer Prize-winning bestseller Guns, Germs, and Steel, Jared Diamond examined how and why Western civilizations developed the technologies and immunities that allowed them to dominate much of the world. Now, Diamond probes the other side of the equation: What caused some of the great civilizations of the past to collapse into ruin, and what can we learn from their fates?" "As in Guns, Germs, and Steel, Diamond weaves an all-encompassing global thesis through a series of historical-cultural narratives. Moving from the prehistoric Polynesian culture on Easter Island to the formerly flourishing Native American civilizations of the Anasazi and the Maya, the doomed medieval Viking colony on Greenland, and finally to the modern world, Diamond traces a fundamental pattern of catastrophe, spelling out what happens when we squander our resources, when we ignore the signals our environment gives us, and when we reproduce too fast or cut down too many trees. Environmental damage, climate change, rapid population growth, unstable trade partners, and pressure from enemies were all factors in the demise of the doomed societies, but other societies found ...

New York: Viking. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. Date: 2005. Book Club Edition. Hardcover. 0670033375 . A near-fine volume in a near-fine DJ. Dust jacket in Mylar jacket protector. ; Civilizations Rise and Fall Series #2; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 575 pages; "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." . 2005. Viking ISBN 0670033375 9780670033379 [CA]

New York: Viking, Date: 2005. 1st Printing. [xiii] 575 [1]p., b/w illus., maps, dj. 2005. Viking ISBN 0670033375 US

Viking, Date: 2004. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. New/New. B&W era photos; B&W maps. CONDITION: NEW 2004 Viking large hardcover (gray boards) & dust jacket (in mylar cover), first edition, first printing. Nice B&W era photo section with a few B&W maps throughout. 575 pages, 2+ lb. CONTENT: In his Pulitzer Prize-winning bestseller Guns, Germs, and Steel, geographer Diamond laid out a grand view of the organic roots of human civilizations in flora, fauna, climate and geology. That vision takes on apocalyptic overtones in this fascinating comparative study of societies that have, sometimes fatally, undermined their own ecological foundations. Diamond examines storied examples of human economic and social collapse, and even extinction, including Easter Island, classical Mayan civilization and the Greenland Norse [recently blamed on rising sea levels]. He explores patterns of population growth, over-farming, overgrazing and over-hunting, often abetted by drought, cold, rigid social mores and warfare, that lead inexorably to vicious circles of deforestation, erosion and starvation prompted by the disappearance of plant and animal food sources. Extending his treatment to contemporary environmental trouble spots, from Montana to China to Australia, he finds today's global, technologically advanced civilization very far from solving the problems that plagued primitive, isolated communities in the remote past. At times Diamond comes close to a counsel of despair when ...

New York: Viking, Date: 2004. First Edition/First Printing . Hardcover. Near Fine+/Near Fine+. 2004. Viking ISBN 0670033375 9780670033379 [US]

Viking Press, Date: 2004. Hardcover, very good.. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 2004. Viking Press ISBN 0670033375 9780670033379 [US]

New York,, Ny, U.S.A.: Viking Books, Date: 2005. 1st Edition 1st Printing. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. First U. S. Edition With The Number Line Indicating A First Printing. Includes Further Reading List And Index. The Book Is Bound In Gray Paper Over One Quarter Black With Copper Stamped Lettering On The Spine. Short Gift Inscription Near The Upper Edge Of The Ffep. Minor Evidence Of Use. 2005. Viking Books ISBN 0670033375 9780670033379 [US]

Paperback. Good. ISBN 0670033375 9780670033379 [GB]

New York: Penguin Group. Near Fine in Near Fine dust jacket. Date: 2004. First Edition. Hardcover. 0670033375 . Original publisher's gray covers with a black spine and gilt spine lettering. There is a previous owner Christmas inscription dated 2005 on the front free end paper (mentioning his dad who is without power and staying with a neighbor who has a generator), else this is a nice clean, tight and unmarked book with no interior or exterior markings. The dust jacket in similarly nice condition with no chips, tears, or markings.; B&W Illustrations & Maps; 8vo, 8"- 9" tall; 575 pages . 2004. Penguin Group ISBN 0670033375 9780670033379 [US]

New York: Viking Adult, Date: 2005. First edition . Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good. 8vo. pp. 576, plus 24 plates of b/w photographs, ""This sweeping story shows how our whole earth is now treating our environment the way many failed societies treated their environments in the past. It also gives us reason for hope."" 2005. Viking Adult ISBN 0670033375 9780670033379 [CA]

New York: Penguin Group USA Inc, Date: 2005. Hardcover. As New/As New. 8vo - over 7. Type: Hardback Book Club Edition. Hardcover Book and Jacket As New. 24 page illustration section, Maps, Further Reading Suggestions by Chapter and Index. Black paper-wrapped boards with bright and bold titles to spine. Jared Diamond, author of Pulitzer Prize-Winning "Guns, Germs, and Steel" examines why past societies succeeded or failed. He looks at cases in some detail and then connects them to troubling scenes from the 21st century--in Rwanda and Australia, China and Montana. He provides practical lessons for a world desperately needing to redefine "progress". 575 pages. 5.75 x 8.5 inches. 2005, Penguin Group, New York. 2005. Penguin Group USA Inc ISBN 0670033375 9780670033379 [US]

New York: Viking, Date: 2005. hardcover. very good/very good. Illustrated. xi + 575 pages, 8vo, black boards, d.w.; text toned, dust wrapper lightly rubbed. New York: Viking, (2005). A very good copy in a very good dust wrapper.<br/> <br/> 2005. Viking ISBN 0670033375 9780670033379 [US]

UsedAcceptable. The item is very worn but continues to work perfectly. Signs of wear can include aesthetic issues such as scratches, dents, worn and creased covers, folded page corners and minor liquid stains. All pages and the cover are intact, but the dust cover may be missing. Pages may include moderate to heavy amount of notes and highlighting, but the text is not obscured or unreadable. Page edges may have foxing (age related spots and browning). May NOT include discs, access code or other supplemental materials. ISBN 0670033375 9780670033379 [US]

UsedVeryGood. Signs of wear/scuffs on dust jacket & upper bind but book is in very good condition. Text is mostly clean. Stitching is tight. ISBN 0670033375 9780670033379 [US]