具体描述
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 and unrivaled political power, ominous warning signs have begun to emerge even in ecologically robust areas like Montana. 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?
作者简介
贾雷德·戴蒙德（Jared Diamond），加利福尼亚大学洛杉矶分校医学院生理学教授，美国艺术与科学院、国家科学院院士，是当代少数几位探究人类社会与文明的思想家之一。
戴蒙德的研究使他获奖无数，包括美国国家科学奖、美国 地理学会伯尔奖、泰勒环境贡献奖、日本国际环境和谐奖和麦克阿瑟基金会研究基金。
戴蒙德的代表作《枪炮、病菌与钢铁》探讨了人类社会不平等的起源和地理成因，获1998年美国普利策奖和英国科普图书奖。
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记得中学的时候看到一篇散文。作者说参与考古挖掘，在一片黄沙中掘出两具紧紧拥抱在一起的尸骨。这两具尸骨一男一女。现在已经无从得知他们生前的故事，但那很可能是荡气回肠的悲剧。 他们也许还属幸运，毕竟时光定格了他们永不分离。“可怜无定河边骨，犹是春闺梦里人。”这14...
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评分2008年4月17日《南方周末》D24版 什么是未来世界最大的政治 ——《崩溃：社会如何选择成败兴亡》序 江晓原 近几年来，我对环境保护问题有了较多的关注，也逐渐有了进一步的认识和体会。2006年的一件事，给我印象尤为深刻。 那次我和一批北京学者，应邀前往...
评分翻译：很流畅 主要内容：过去和现代的人类社会怎样处理环境问题，以及其后果，即引发的一系列社会问题，最终导致了社会的崩溃 个人很喜欢这本书，尽管大众的评价不怎么高，和之前的《钢铁细菌枪炮》一样，这样的书好就好在了“释疑”。启发很多 环境崩溃的5个因素： 生态破坏...
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用户评价
好像也没讲出什么来，和看了自私的基因后一样，没有变化
评分其实，直接去看Jared Diamond在TED的演讲就够了吧。如果不是写几千字的book review不需要全读。。最后三章(或许读读prologue和前两章)足够
评分Some chapters are too dry, but some are good and acutely point out the problem of mordern society. Globalization is not always so good in the perspective of environment. Maybe we should really focus back on our local economy instead of importing and exporting so much.
评分Some chapters are too dry, but some are good and acutely point out the problem of mordern society. Globalization is not always so good in the perspective of environment. Maybe we should really focus back on our local economy instead of importing and exporting so much.
评分Re-read this gem recently, aged fantastically-- the reasons civilizations rose and fell are still repeating themselves, and Jared Diamond capitalizes on that.
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