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020 _a9780099302780
035 _a(OCoLC)39136619
035 _a(OCoLC)ocm39136619
035 _a(NNC)1957083
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100 1 _aDiamond, Jared M.
_941977
245 1 0 _aGuns, germs, and steel
_bthe fates of human societies
260 _aNew York
_bW W Norton
_c1997
263 _a9703
300 _a480p.
_c24 cm.
504 _aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 0 0 _tPrologue: Yali's Question: The regionally differing courses of history --
_gCh. 1.
_tUp to the Starting Line: What happened on all the continents before 11,000 B.C.? --
_gCh. 2.
_tA Natural Experiment of History: How geography molded societies on Polynesian islands --
_gCh. 3.
_tCollision at Cajamarca: Why the Inca emperor Atahuallpa did not capture King Charles I of Spain --
_gCh. 4.
_tFarmer Power: The roots of guns, germs, and steel --
_gCh. 5.
_tHistory's Haves and Have-Nots: Geographic differences in the onset of food production --
_gCh. 6.
_tTo Farm or Not to Farm: Causes of the spread of food production --
_gCh. 7.
_tHow to Make an Almond: The unconscious development of ancient crops --
_gCh. 8.
_tApples or Indians: Why did peoples of some regions fail to domesticate plants? --
_gCh. 9.
_tZebras, Unhappy Marriages, and the Anna Karenina Principle: Why were most big wild mammal species never domesticated? --
505 8 0 _gCh. 10.
_tSpacious Skies and Tilted Axes: Why did food production spread at different rates on different continents? --
_gCh. 11.
_tLethal Gift of Livestock: The evolution of germs --
_gCh. 12.
_tBlueprints and Borrowed Letters: The evolution of writing --
_gCh. 13.
_tNecessity's Mother: The evolution of technology --
_gCh. 14.
_tFrom Egalitarianism to Kleptocracy: The evolution of government and religion --
_gCh. 15.
_tYali's People: The histories of Australia and New Guinea --
_gCh. 16.
_tHow China became Chinese: The history of East Asia --
_gCh. 17.
_tSpeedboat to Polynesia: The history of the Austronesian expansion --
_gCh. 18.
_tHemispheres Colliding: The histories of Eurasia and the Americas compared --
_gCh. 19.
_tHow Africa became Black: The history of Africa --
_tEpilogue: The Future of Human History as a Science.
520 _aWhy did Eurasians conquer, displace, or decimate Native Americans, Australians, and Africans, instead of the reverse? In this groundbreaking book, evolutionary biologist Jared Diamond stunningly dismantles racially based theories of human history by revealing the environmental factors actually responsible for history's broadest patterns.
520 8 _aHere, at last, is a world history that really is a history of all the world's peoples, a unified narrative of human life even more intriguing and important than accounts of dinosaurs and glaciers. A major advance in our understanding of human societies, Guns, Germs, and Steel chronicles the way that the modern world, and its inequalities, came to be. It is a work rich in dramatic revelations that will fascinate readers even as it challenges conventional wisdom.
650 0 _aSocial evolution.
_941978
650 0 _aCivilization
_xHistory.
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650 0 _aEthnology.
_941980
650 0 _aHuman beings
_xEffect of environment on.
_941981
650 0 _aCulture diffusion.
_941982
900 _bTOC
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