Guns, Germs, & Steel: The Fates of Human Societies. [paperback]
by Diamond, Jared
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- Paperback
- Condition
- Very Good. (light cover edge wear else a clean/tight/bright copy. no writings)
- ISBN 10
- 0393317552
- ISBN 13
- 9780393317558
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Beverly Hills, Florida, United States
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About This Item
NY/London. W.W. Norton. (c1999) TRADE PAPERBACK.. Very Good. (light cover edge wear else a clean/tight/bright copy. no writings) 8vo. 32 pages of glossy, black & white photographs + tables, drawings, & maps. 480pp. Includes Bibliography (Further Readings) & Index. 2nd Printing per print line. Light cover edge wear, no writings, no spine creases. a VG+ reading copy.
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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- Bookseller
- Booktopia (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 6102014
- Title
- Guns, Germs, & Steel: The Fates of Human Societies. [paperback]
- Author
- Diamond, Jared
- Format/Binding
- TRADE PAPERBACK.
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good. (light cover edge wear else a clean/tight/bright copy. no writings)
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 0393317552
- ISBN 13
- 9780393317558
- Publisher
- W.W. Norton.
- Place of Publication
- NY/London.
- Date Published
- (c1999)
- Pages
- 480pp.
- Keywords
- Anthropology Human Social Evolution Culture Ethnology Pulitzer Prize Books Science Human History
- Size
- 8vo.
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