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About Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond:
Professor Jared Diamond's informative and fascinating Pulitzer Prize-winning Guns, Germs, and Steel explores a historic question: Why were the Eurasian peoples able to dominate those from other lands?
Diamond argues that it was ecology and geography--not race--that shaped the modern world. Societies that developed in regions with fertile land for farming and that had domesticable plants and animals were able to progress more quickly, thereby creating the tools to conquer preliterate cultures.
Drawing on a variety of disciplines--from linguistics, genetics, and epidemiology to biology, anthropology, and technology--Guns, Germs, and Steel offers an eloquently argued view of the development of human societies.
The summary and analysis in this book are intended to complement your reading experience and bring you closer to a great work of nonfiction.
Author: Worth Books
Publisher: Worth Books
Published: 05/02/2017
Pages: 62
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 0.18lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.25w x 0.15d
ISBN13: 9781504046572
ISBN10: 1504046579
BISAC Categories:
- Study Aids | Book Notes
- Social Science | Human Geography
- Social Science | Anthropology | Cultural & Social
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