GUNS, GERMS, AND STEEL: THE FATES OF HUMAN SOCIETIES,WITH A NEW AFTERWORD ABOUT THE MODERN WORLD
by DIAMOND, JARED Ph. D. ,
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NYC: W. W. Norton & Company. Good. 1999. PAPERBACK; FIRST THUS. Paperback. 9.1 X 6.2 X 1.3 inches. GOOD CONDITION, clean, solid copy..minor cover signs of use; ORANGE & BLACK titles on DRAMATIC NEW WORLD SLAUGHTER SCENE COVER ART ; Maps, photo sections; 494+pg pages; pulitzer author....Bubonic plague...black death indexed.. 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 chronicles the way that the modern world came to be and stunningly dismantles racially based theories of human history. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize .
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- GUNS, GERMS, AND STEEL: THE FATES OF HUMAN SOCIETIES,WITH A NEW AFTERWORD ABOUT THE MODERN WORLD
- Author
- DIAMOND, JARED Ph. D. ,
- Illustrator
- CALVIN CHU COVER DESIGN
- Format/Binding
- Paperback
- Book Condition
- Used - Good
- Quantity Available
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- Edition
- PAPERBACK; FIRST THUS
- ISBN 10
- 0393317552
- ISBN 13
- 9780393317558
- Publisher
- W. W. Norton & Company
- Place of Publication
- NYC
- Date Published
- 1999
- Keywords
- Ecology, Civilization FALL, Disaster
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