Upheaval：Turning Points for Nations in Crisis

作者 Jared Diamond著
出版社 Little, Brown and Company
出版时间 2019年5月
ISBN 9780316409131

内容简介

InhisearlierbestsellersGuns,GermsandSteelandCollapse,JaredDiamondtransformedourunderstandingofwhatmakescivilizationsriseandfall.Now,inthefinalbookinthismonumentaltrilogy,herevealshowsuccessfulnationsrecoverfromcrisisthroughselectivechange—acopingmechanismmorecommonlyassociatedwithpersonaltrauma.Inadazzlingcomparativestudy,Diamondshowsushowsevencountrieshavesurviveddefiningupheavalsintherecentpast—fromUSCommodorePerry’sarrivalinJapantotheSovietinvasionofFinlandtoPinochet’sregimeinChile—throughaprocessofpainfulself-appraisalandadaptation,andheidentifiespatternsinthewaythatthesedistinctnationsrecoveredfromcalamity.Lookingaheadtothefuture,heinvestigateswhethertheUnitedStates,andtheworld,aresquanderingtheirnaturaladvantages,onapathtowardspoliticalconflictanddecline.Orcanwestilllearnfromthelessonsofthepast?Addingapsychologicaldimensiontotheawe-inspiringgraspofhistory,geography,economics,andanthropologythatmarksallDiamond’swork,Upheavalrevealshowbothnationsandindividualscanbecomemoreresilient.Theresultisabookthatisepic,urgent,andgroundbreaking.

作者简介

JaredDiamond,anotedpolymath,isProfessorofGeographyattheUniversityofCalifornia,LosAngeles.AmonghismanyawardsaretheU.S.NationalMedalofScience,Japan’sCosmosPrize,aMacArthurFoundationFellowship,aPulitzerPrizeforGeneralNonfiction,andelectiontotheU.S.NationalAcademyofSciences.Heistheauthoroftheinternationalbest-sellingbooksGuns,Germs,andSteel,Collapse,WhyIsSexFun?,TheWorlduntilYesterday,andTheThirdChimpanzee,andisthepresenterofTVdocumentaryseriesbasedonthreeofthosebooks.

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