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fascinating - [08 Mar 2010]
everyone should read this book. it isn't as accessible as 'guns germs...' but every bit as good.
good.
www.amazon.com/review/R2SFRXXDY...
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An impressive, wide-ranging look at human societies and their impacts on their environments - [28 Feb 2010]
This is a thorough book with an impressive scope. It is clearly written and dispassionately and convincingly argued throughout. Essential reading for anyone interested in either society, anthropology, politics or the environment.
and convincingly argued throughout. Essential reading for anyone interested in either society...
www.amazon.com/review/R9JQOMGM8...
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One of the most significant books of our time - [12 Dec 2009]
www.amazon.com/review/R3UPAXYLAAFTWB...
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Plates missing from the Kindle edition - [25 Nov 2009]
This (excellent) book comes with two sets of images: 1) maps of the places where the different societies mentioned lived (Easter Island, Australia, Greenland, China, etc.) and 2) Sets of plates with 40 or so additional photos. The maps are included in...
societies mentioned lived (Easter Island, Australia, Greenland, China, etc.) and 2) Sets...
www.amazon.com/review/R1L07HLGTUBH...
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Buen argumento, puede resumirse - [19 Nov 2009]
Esta es una obra demasiado extensa y repetitiva que pudiera resumirese en una cuarta parte de su contenido. Basicamente el autor nos muestra sociedades desparecidas (Mayas, Anazasi, Isla de Pascua, Groenlandia y otras) para ilustarnos como el abuso en...
de su contenido. Basicamente el autor nos muestra sociedades desparecidas (Mayas, Anazasi,...
www.amazon.com/review/R25X9ARXW...
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Collapse of the metanarrative - [27 Sep 2009]
"Collapse" by Jared Diamond is a book about how civilizations deal (or fail to deal) with impending environmental disasters. The author is a director of the World Wildlife Fund (WWF). In the book, he takes as on a grand tour through Polynesia, Central...
impending environmental disasters. The author is a director of the World Wildlife Fund (WWF...
www.amazon.com/review/R2FL25O9E...
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Academic Drudgery - [29 Aug 2009]
Don't be misled by the title. And don't buy this book if you have absolutely no interest in reading HUNDREDS OF PAGES about the social minutiae of why Vikings couldn't raise potatoes. Jared Diamond is absolutely THE authority on the endless seemingly ...
reading HUNDREDS OF PAGES about the social minutiae of why Vikings couldn't raise potatoes...
www.amazon.com/review/R16RX4VNMNWWSE...
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Why Societies Fail - And This Book Didn't! - [29 Aug 2009]
Collapse studies, quite simply, why societies fail. In essence, it is a study of past societies that have died out, using such tools as the social sciences and hindsight. It is a great read, one of interest and depth. Using various societies as case studies...
that have died out, using such tools as the social sciences and hindsight. It is a great...
www.amazon.com/review/R8HV79FO9...
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CSI: Indiana (Jones) - [31 Jul 2009]
With "Guns, Germs and Steel" Jared Diamond achieved something that most mainstream academics only fantasize about - a Pulitzer Prize-winning, multi-million dollar profit generating, sophisticated cocktail party conversation piece. Diamond's much anticipated...
only fantasize about - a Pulitzer Prize-winning, multi-million dollar profit generating,...
www.amazon.com/review/RDLYO9FKKS...
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Dull - [04 Mar 2009]
This book was assigned to me for a course in Sustainability, it brings you through thousands and thousands of years of collapsed societies based on five main points. It was the same story over and over about a different society. The whole book was very...
and thousands of years of collapsed societies based on five main points. It was the same...
www.amazon.com/review/R3MYHPKPLWNBAX...
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