TEDTalks Jared Diamond - Why Societies Collapse /
A globally renowned author and scholar, Jared Diamond takes an approach that goes beyond culture and into the impact it has on the environment. His best-selling and Pulitzer-winning book Guns, Germs, and Steel looks at the reasons history turned out the way it did and why European societies conquere...
| Other Authors: | Films for the Humanities & Sciences (Firm), Infobase., TED Conferences LLC. |
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| Format: | Video |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
[Place of publication not identified] :
TED Conferences LLC,
[2008]
Distributed by Infobase, |
| Physical Description: |
1streaming video file (19 min.) : sound, color. |
| Subjects: |
Table of Contents:
- Romantic Mystery of Collapsed Societies (1:40)
- Understanding Extinction of the Vikings (3:11)
- Examining Montana (2:04)
- Rapid Collapses (2:19)
- Environmental Factors (1:04)
- Conflicts of Interest (2:57)
- Inability to Adapt (1:10)
- Current Course is Not Sustainable (3:30)