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040			_cPK-LaUMT
082			_a303.48409 _bDIA-U
100	1		_aDiamond, Jared M.
245	1	0	_aUpheaval : _bturning points for nations in crisis / _cby Jared Diamond
260			_aUSA : _bAllen Lane, _c2019
300			_aix, 500 p., 32 unnumbered pages of plates : _billustrations (some color), maps ; _c25 cm
520			_a"With his international bestsellers Guns, Germs and Steel and Collapse, Jared Diamond transformed our understanding of why civilizations rise and fall. Now, in his third book in this monumental trilogy, he reveals how some nations successfully 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."--Publisher's description.
650		0	_aSocial history
650		0	_aSocial change
650		0	_aCrisis management in government
650		0	_aAdjustment (Psychology)
650		4	_aHistory - General History.
650		4	_aWorld - General.
650		4	_aSocial History.
650		4	_aViolence in Society.
650		7	_aHISTORY / Social History.
650		7	_aHISTORY / World.
650		7	_aPOLITICAL SCIENCE / Genocide & War Crimes.
650		7	_aCrisis management.
650		7	_aSocial change.
650		7	_aSocial history.
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