Guns, Germs and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies
by Diamond, Jared
- Used
- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- About Fine/Near Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0393038912
- ISBN 13
- 9780393038910
- Seller
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Albuquerque, New Mexico, United States
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Synopsis
Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies is a 1997 book by Jared Diamond, professor of geography and physiology at UCLA. In 1998 it won a Pulitzer Prize and the Aventis Prize for Best Science Book. A documentary based on the book and produced by the National Geographic Society was broadcast on PBS in July 2005.
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- Seller
- Basement Books (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 039544
- Title
- Guns, Germs and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies
- Author
- Diamond, Jared
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - About Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Near Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Book Club Edition 1st Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0393038912
- ISBN 13
- 9780393038910
- Publisher
- W W Norton & Co Inc
- Place of Publication
- New York
- Date Published
- 1997
- Pages
- 480
- Size
- 8vo - over 7¾" - 9&f
- Keywords
- HISTORY SOCIETY EUROPE NORTH AFRICA
- Bookseller catalogs
- Non-fiction; History;
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