Guns, germs, and steel : the fates of human societies / Jared Diamond.
Guns, germs, and steel : the fates of human societies / Jared Diamond.
Guns, germs, and steel : the fates of human societies / Jared Diamond.
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New York : W.W. Norton & Co., c1997.
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N303.4/51
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480 p., [32] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
Contents
Prologue: Yali's Question: The regionally differing courses of history -- Ch. 1. Up to the Starting Line: What happened on all the continents before 11,000 B.C.? -- Ch. 2. A Natural Experiment of History: How geography molded societies on Polynesian islands -- Ch. 3. Collision at Cajamarca: Why the...
Ch. 10. Spacious Skies and Tilted Axes: Why did food production spread at different rates on different continents? -- Ch. 11. Lethal Gift of Livestock: The evolution of germs -- Ch. 12. Blueprints and Borrowed Letters: The evolution of writing -- Ch. 13. Necessity's Mother: The evolution of technolo...
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New York : W.W. Norton & Co., c1997.
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1st ed.
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New York (State)
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c1997.
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Guns, germs, and steel : the fates of human societies / Jared Diamond.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 429-457) and index.
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c1997.
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0393317552 (pbk.)
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303.4
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