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Jared Diamond over de ondergang van beschavingen

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Waarom gaan beschavingen ten onder? De Noormannen uit het Groenland ten tijde van de IJzertijd, en de ontbossing op het Paaseiland en in Montana van vandaag, leren Jared Diamond signalen herkennen die voorbodes zijn van ondergang, en hoe we die -- als we het op tijd opmerken -- kunnen vermijden.

Jared Diamond investigates why cultures prosper or decline. In his latest book, he suggests that technological civilization is only a fraction of the human narrative. Full bio »

Translated into Dutch by Maarten Hofman
Reviewed by William Stassen
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