Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed
13 hrs. 47 min.
Language
Russian
Author
Jared Diamond
Author
Jared Diamond
Narrator
Valery Smekalov
Narrator
Valery Smekalov
Description
Pulitzer Prize winner Jared Diamond is rightfully considered the author of intellectual bestsellers. The New York Times even called him “a science-literature Dan Brown.”
In this audiobook, Diamond offers a new perspective on the history of human civilization, the reasons behind the rise and fall of ancient cultures—Easter Island societies, Viking settlements in Greenland, the Maya in the Americas—and convincingly argues that many modern societies, especially China and North America, are at a crossroads and in the near future must decide whether they want to continue existing or are ready to die.
Prologue
PART 1 MODERN MONTANA
Chapter 1 Under the vast sky of Montana
PART 2 SOCIETIES OF THE PAST
Chapter 2 Twilight over Easter Island
Chapter 3 The survivors: Pitcairn and Henderson islands
Chapter 4 Ancient Americans: Anasazi and their neighbors
Chapter 5 The collapse of Maya civilization
Chapter 6 Vikings—Prelude and Fuga
Chapter 7 The prosperity of Greenland
Chapter 8 The fall of Greenland’s colony
Chapter 9 Alternative paths to success
PART 3 MODERN SOCIETIES
Chapter 10 Malthus in Africa: genocide in Rwanda
Chapter 11 One island, two peoples, and two stories: the Dominican Republic and Haiti
Chapter 12 China: the giant’s wandering
Chapter 13 Resource extraction in Australia
PART 4 PRACTICAL CONCLUSIONS
Chapter 14 Why society makes decisions with deadly consequences for itself
Chapter 15 Big business and the environment: different conditions, different results
Chapter 16 The world as a polder—What does it all mean for us?
In this audiobook, Diamond offers a new perspective on the history of human civilization, the reasons behind the rise and fall of ancient cultures—Easter Island societies, Viking settlements in Greenland, the Maya in the Americas—and convincingly argues that many modern societies, especially China and North America, are at a crossroads and in the near future must decide whether they want to continue existing or are ready to die.
Contents:
Prologue
PART 1 MODERN MONTANA
Chapter 1 Under the vast sky of Montana
PART 2 SOCIETIES OF THE PAST
Chapter 2 Twilight over Easter Island
Chapter 3 The survivors: Pitcairn and Henderson islands
Chapter 4 Ancient Americans: Anasazi and their neighbors
Chapter 5 The collapse of Maya civilization
Chapter 6 Vikings—Prelude and Fuga
Chapter 7 The prosperity of Greenland
Chapter 8 The fall of Greenland’s colony
Chapter 9 Alternative paths to success
PART 3 MODERN SOCIETIES
Chapter 10 Malthus in Africa: genocide in Rwanda
Chapter 11 One island, two peoples, and two stories: the Dominican Republic and Haiti
Chapter 12 China: the giant’s wandering
Chapter 13 Resource extraction in Australia
PART 4 PRACTICAL CONCLUSIONS
Chapter 14 Why society makes decisions with deadly consequences for itself
Chapter 15 Big business and the environment: different conditions, different results
Chapter 16 The world as a polder—What does it all mean for us?
