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In 20 short books, Penguin Classics brings you the new canon of great environmental works Over the past 75 years, a new canon has emerged. As humans have driven the living planet to the brink of collapse, visionary thinkers around the world have raised their voices to defend it. Their words have endured, becoming the classics that define the environmental movement today. This is his haunting account of visiting the mysterious stone statues of Easter Island, showing how a remote civilization destroyed itself by exploiting its own natural resources - and why we must heed this warning.

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Author:   Jared Diamond
Publisher:   Penguin Books Ltd
Imprint:   Penguin Classics
Dimensions:   Width: 11.10cm , Height: 0.50cm , Length: 18.10cm
Weight:   0.062kg
ISBN:  

9780141997063

ISBN 10:   0141997060
Pages:   96
Publication Date:   26 August 2021
Audience:   General/trade ,  College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  General ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In stock  
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Jared Diamond (b.1937) is Professor of Geography at UCLA and a noted polymath whose books about human societies blend biology, geography, anthropology, linguistics and history.

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