by Jared Diamond · DEBOLSILLO · tapa blanda · ISBN 9788483462270
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«Colapso: Por qué unas sociedades perduran y otras desaparecen» is the essay by Jared Diamond published by Debolsillo in paperback (752 pages, in Spanish).
Jared Diamond analyses why some past civilisations collapsed while others managed to adapt to their environment. The book examines the cases of the Maya, Easter Island and the Anasazi, and compares them with societies such as Iceland and Japan that responded successfully to environmental crises, drawing lessons about current ecological risks.
The original English title, 'Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Survive', was published in 2004. The Spanish edition of this book, translated by Ricardo García Pérez, came out in 2007.
For readers of history, anthropology and popular non-fiction, with an interest in sustainability and the environment.
Jared Mason Diamond is an American scientist, historian, and author. He has written hundreds of scientific and popular articles and books, most notably Guns, Germs, and Steel (1997), which received multiple awards, including the 1998 Pulitzer Prize for general nonfiction. In 2005, Diamond was ranked ninth on a poll by Prospect and Foreign Policy of the world's top 100 public intellectuals.
