Editing Jared Diamond (section)

=== ''Natural Experiments of History'' (2010) ===
In 2010, Diamond co-edited (with [[James A. Robinson|James Robinson]]) ''Natural Experiments of History'', a collection of seven case studies illustrating the [[Multidisciplinarity|multidisciplinary]] and comparative approach to the study of history that he advocates. The book's title stems from the fact that it is not possible to study history by the preferred methods of the laboratory sciences, i.e., by controlled experiments comparing replicated human societies as if they were test tubes of bacteria. Instead, one must look at natural experiments in which human societies that are similar in many respects have been historically perturbed. The book's afterword classifies natural experiments, discusses the practical difficulties of studying them, and offers suggestions on how to address those difficulties.<ref>{{Cite book |url=https://www.hup.harvard.edu/catalog.php?isbn=9780674060197 |title=Natural Experiments of History |publisher=Belknap Press |year=2010 |isbn=978-0-674-06019-7 |editor-last=Diamond |editor-first=Jared |doi=10.2307/j.ctvjghwf6 |jstor=j.ctvjghwf6 |editor-last2=Robinson |editor-first2=James A. |editor-link2=James A. Robinson}}</ref>