Description
On a remote speck of land in the Pacific, the towering stone statues of Easter Island stand as silent witnesses to a civilization that once thrived—and then unraveled. Drawing on his signature blend of field observation and rigorous research, Jared Diamond reconstructs how environmental pressures, resource depletion, and social choices combined to drive a catastrophic collapse. Through the island’s ecology, archaeology, and history, the book examines themes of sustainability, human impact, and the fragile feedback loops between communities and their environment. Part travel narrative and part cautionary analysis, it asks what happens when a society exhausts the very foundations of its future.
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paperback
Penguin Books, Limited
Published Jan 1, 2021
96 pages
ISBN: 9780141997063
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First Published
2021
Language
eng
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