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Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond (Paperback, 1999)

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Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies by Jared Diamond

Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, the Phi Beta Kappa Award in Science, the Rhone-Poulenc Prize, and the Commonwealth club of California's Gold Medal.

In this "artful, informative, and delightful" (William H. McNeill, New York Review of Books) book, Jared Diamond convincingly argues that geographical and environmental factors shaped the modern world. Societies that had had a head start in food production advanced beyond the hunter-gatherer stage, and then developed religion --as well as nasty germs and potent weapons of war --and adventured on sea and land to conquer and decimate preliterate cultures.

A major advance in our understanding of human societies, Guns, Germs, and Steel chronicles the way that the modern world came to be and stunningly dismantles racially based theories of human history.


Format: Paperback | 496 pages

Dimensions (cm): 23.4 x 15.4 x 3.4 | 596g

Publication Date: 09 Apr 1999

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company Inc.

Publication City/Country: New York, United States

Language: English

Illustrations note: b&w photos

ISBN10: 0393317552

ISBN13: 9780393317558

 

Condition: Very Good

A vintage book that does not look new and has been read but is in excellent condition. Very minimal damage to the cover, including very minor (barely visible) scuff marks along the edges. No missing or damaged pages, no creases or tears, and no underlining/highlighting of text or writing in the margins. Very minimal wear and tear.