Upheaval : How nations cope with crisis and change

By:

Diamond, Jared

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: [London] : Allen Lane, an imprint of Penguin Books, 2019.Edition: 1Description: ix, 500 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some colour), portraits (some colour) ; 24 cmISBN:

9780241003435

Subject(s):

Social history, Social change, Crisis management -- Case studies

DDC classification:

303.48409 DIA-U

Contents:

Prologue: Legacies of Coconut Grove -- Part 1. Individuals. Personal crises -- Part 2. Nations: Crises that unfolded. Finland's war with the Soviet Union -- The origins of modern Japan -- A Chile for all Chileans -- Indonesia, the rise of a new country -- Rebuilding Germany -- Australia : who are we? -- Part 3. Nations and the world: crises underway. What lies ahead for Japan? -- What lies ahead for the United States? : strengths, and the biggest problem -- What lies ahead for the United States? ; three "other" problems -- What lies ahead for the world? -- Epilogue: Lessons, questions, and outlook.

Summary: "In his international bestsellers Guns, Germs and Steel and Collapse, Jared Diamond transformed our understanding of what makes civilizations rise and fall. Now, in his third book in this monumental trilogy, he reveals how successful nations recover from crises while adopting selective changes -- a coping mechanism more commonly associated with individuals recovering from personal crises. Diamond compares how six countries have survived recent upheavals -- ranging from the forced opening of Japan by U.S. Commodore Perry's fleet, to the Soviet Union's attack on Finland, to a murderous coup or countercoup in Chile and Indonesia, to the transformations of Germany and Austria after World War Two. Because Diamond has lived and spoken the language in five of these six countries, he can present gut-wrenching histories experienced firsthand. These nations coped, to varying degrees, through mechanisms such as acknowledgment of responsibility, painfully honest self-appraisal, and learning from models of other nations. Looking to the future, Diamond examines whether the United States, Japan, and the whole world are successfully coping with the grave crises they currently face. Can we learn from lessons of the past? Adding a psychological dimension to the in-depth history, geography, biology, and anthropology that mark all of Diamond's books, Upheaval reveals factors influencing how both whole nations and individual people can respond to big challenges. The result is a book epic in scope, but also his most personal book yet."

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Item type	Current library	Home library	Call number	Status	Date due	Barcode
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Prologue: Legacies of Coconut Grove --
Part 1. Individuals. Personal crises --
Part 2. Nations: Crises that unfolded. Finland's war with the Soviet Union --
The origins of modern Japan --
A Chile for all Chileans --
Indonesia, the rise of a new country --
Rebuilding Germany --
Australia : who are we? --
Part 3. Nations and the world: crises underway. What lies ahead for Japan? --
What lies ahead for the United States? : strengths, and the biggest problem --
What lies ahead for the United States? ; three "other" problems --
What lies ahead for the world? --
Epilogue: Lessons, questions, and outlook.

"In his international bestsellers Guns, Germs and Steel and Collapse, Jared Diamond transformed our understanding of what makes civilizations rise and fall. Now, in his third book in this monumental trilogy, he reveals how successful nations recover from crises while adopting selective changes -- a coping mechanism more commonly associated with individuals recovering from personal crises. Diamond compares how six countries have survived recent upheavals -- ranging from the forced opening of Japan by U.S. Commodore Perry's fleet, to the Soviet Union's attack on Finland, to a murderous coup or countercoup in Chile and Indonesia, to the transformations of Germany and Austria after World War Two. Because Diamond has lived and spoken the language in five of these six countries, he can present gut-wrenching histories experienced firsthand. These nations coped, to varying degrees, through mechanisms such as acknowledgment of responsibility, painfully honest self-appraisal, and learning from models of other nations. Looking to the future, Diamond examines whether the United States, Japan, and the whole world are successfully coping with the grave crises they currently face. Can we learn from lessons of the past? Adding a psychological dimension to the in-depth history, geography, biology, and anthropology that mark all of Diamond's books, Upheaval reveals factors influencing how both whole nations and individual people can respond to big challenges. The result is a book epic in scope, but also his most personal book yet."

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