Guns, germs, and steel : the fates of human societies / Jared Diamond.
By: Diamond, Jared M.
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TextPublisher: New York : W.W. Norton, [2003]Copyright date: ℗♭1999Description: 494 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.Content type: text ISBN: 0393317552; 9780393317558; 0393038912; 9780393038910.Subject(s): Social evolution | Civilization -- History | Ethnology | Human beings -- Effect of environment on | Culture diffusionDDC classification: 303.4 DIA Summary: This book traces the development of primitive societies, showing why some groups advanced more rapidly than others and how this progression explains why various populations stabilize at specific phases of development while others continue to evolve.
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"With a new afterword about the modern world."--Cover.
Includes "Reading group guide."--Page [495-496].
This book traces the development of primitive societies, showing why some groups advanced more rapidly than others and how this progression explains why various populations stabilize at specific phases of development while others continue to evolve.
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