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02358cim a2200421Ia 4500 001 BE572ED22B0B11DE9A033608A8D7520A 005 20161106103619 007 sd fungnn---ed 008 041222s2005 caunnn z eng d 020 $a 9781415917275 020 $a 1415917272 028 42 $a 6596-CD $b Books on Tape 035 $a (OCoLC)57312120 040 $a TEFBT $c TEFBT $d SILO $d OCLCQ $d DPL $d TEF $d IOU $d SILO 050 14 $a HN13 $b .D5 2005b 082 04 $a 304.2/8 $2 22 100 1 $a Diamond, Jared M. 245 1 $a Collapse $h [sound recording] : $b [how societies choose to fail or succeed] / $c by Jared Diamond. 250 $a [Library ed.] 260 $a Santa Ana, CA : $b Books on Tape, $c cp2005. 300 $a 22 sound discs (ca. 27 1/2 hr.) : $b digital ; $c 4 3/4 in. 500 $a Subtitle from container. 500 $a Compact disc. 500 $a Unabridged. 511 0 $a Read by Michael Prichard. 520 $a "What caused some of the great civilizations of the past to collapse into ruin, and what can we learn from their fates? Moving from the prehistoric Polynesian culture on Easter Island to the doomed 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, and unstable trade partners, and pressure from enemies were all factors in the demise of the doomed societies, but other societies found solutions to those same problems and persisted. Huge in scope, clear and passionate in style, 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 destroying itself?"--Container. 650 0 $a Social history $v Case studies. 650 0 $a Social change $v Case studies. 650 0 $a Environmental policy. $v Case studies. 650 4 $a Books on compact disc, Unabridged. 700 1 $a Prichard, Michael $q (Michael J.) 939 $a 5586531 941 $a 2 945 $a cdab 952 $l LAPH975 $d 20220804020611.0 952 $l BAPH771 $d 20150922033137.0 956 $a http://locator.silo.lib.ia.us/search.cgi?index_0=id&term_0=BE572ED22B0B11DE9A033608A8D7520A 994 $a 02 $b IOUInitiate Another SILO Locator Search