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Guns, Germs and Steel

byJared Diamond, Fabián Chueca, (MEI )DAI MENG DE (Diamond J. ) XIE YAN GUANG YI

Genres: Sociology Politics

Who is this book for? Readers interested in sociology, history, and the factors influencing human development.

Topics HistorySocial evolutionCultural diffusionEnvironmental influenceCivilizationHuman geographyEconomic developmentAnthropologyBiological evolutionWorld historyEffect of environment on

MoodReflective, Thought-Provoking

Read this specially designed new edition of Jared Diamond’s Pulitzer-prize winning exploration of what makes us human.Why has human history unfolded so differently across the globe? In this Pulitzer Prize-winning book, Jared Diamond puts the case that geography and biogeography, not race, moulded the contrasting fates of Europeans, Asians, Native Americans, sub-Saharan Africans, and aboriginal Australians. An ambitious synthesis of history, biology, ecology and linguistics, Guns, Germs and Steel remains a groundbreaking and humane work of popular science.PATTERNS OF LIFE: SPECIAL EDITIONS OF GROUNDBREAKING SCIENCE BOOKS

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Published on

01/10/2019

Pages

656

Format

Paperback

ISBN

9781784873639

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