Guns, Germs, And Steel: The Fates Of Human Societies
by Jared Diamond Ph.D. /
2017 / English / EPUB
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"Fascinating.... Lays a foundation for understanding
human history."―Bill Gates
"Fascinating.... Lays a foundation for understanding
human history."―Bill GatesIn this "artful, informative, and delightful" (William H.
McNeill,
In this "artful, informative, and delightful" (William H.
McNeill,New York Review of Books
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,
) 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
Guns, Germs, and Steel chronicles the way that
the modern world came to be and stunningly dismantles racially
based theories of human history. 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.
chronicles the way that
the modern world came to be and stunningly dismantles racially
based theories of human history. 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.
