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Guns, Germs, and Steel : The Fate of Human Societies by Jared Diamond (2005, Hardcover)
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Guns, Germs, And Steel : The Fates of Human Societies, Hardcover by Diamond, Jared, ISBN 0393061310, ISBN-13 9780393061314, Brand New, Free shipping in the US The author dismantles racially based theories of human history by revealing the environmental factors he feels are responsible for history's broadest patterns.
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PublisherNorton & Company, Incorporated, w. w.
ISBN-100393061310
ISBN-139780393061314
eBay Product ID (ePID)46591153
Product Key Features
Book TitleGuns, Germs, and Steel : the Fate of Human Societies
Number of Pages528 Pages
LanguageEnglish
TopicEnvironmental Science (See Also Chemistry / Environmental), Civilization, Human Geography, Sociology / General, Anthropology / Cultural & Social, Anthropology / General
Publication Year2005
IllustratorYes
GenreSocial Science, Science, History
AuthorJared Diamond
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height1.7 in
Item Weight33.5 Oz
Item Length9.6 in
Item Width6.5 in
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Intended AudienceTrade
LCCN2005-284261
ReviewsSerious, groundbreaking biological studies of human history only seem to come along once every generation or so. . . . Now [Guns, Germs, and Steel] must be added to their select number. . . . Diamond meshes technological mastery with historical sweep, anecdotal delight with broad conceptual vision, and command of sources with creative leaps. No finer work of its kind has been published this year, or for many past., Artful, informative, and delightful.... There is nothing like a radically new angle of vision for bringing out unsuspected dimensions of a subject, and that is what Jared Diamond has done., No scientist brings more experience from the laboratory and field, none thinks more deeply about social issues or addresses them with greater clarity, than Jared Diamond as illustrated by Guns, Germs, and Steel. In this remarkably readable book he shows how history and biology can enrich one another to produce a deeper understanding of the human condition., Fascinating and extremely important... [A] synopsis doesn't do credit to the immense subtlety of this book., An epochal work. Diamond has written a summary of human history that can be accounted, for the time being, as Darwinian in its authority., [Diamond] is broadly erudite, writes in a style that pleasantly expresses scientific concepts in vernacular American English, and deals almost exclusively in questions that should interest everyone concerned about how humanity has developed. . . . [He] has done us all a great favor by supplying a rock-solid alternative to the racist answer. . . . A wonderfully interesting book., This is a brilliantly written, passionate, whirlwind tour though 13,000 years of history on all the continents--a short history of everything about everybody.... By at last providing a convincing explanation for the differing developments of human societies on different occasions, the book demolishes the grounds for racist theories of history.... After reading the first two pages, you won't be able to put it down., A book of remarkable scope, a history of the world in less than 500 pages which succeeds admirably, where so many others have failed, in analyzing some of the basic workings of culture process.... One of the most important and readable works on the human past published in recent years.
SynopsisWinner of the Pulitzer Prize, Guns, Germs, and Steel is a brilliant work answering the question of why the peoples of certain continents succeeded in invading other continents and conquering or displacing their peoples. This edition includes a new chapter on Japan and all-new illustrations drawn from the television series. Until around 11,000 BC, all peoples were still Stone Age hunter/gatherers. At that point, a great divide occurred in the rates that human societies evolved. In Eurasia, parts of the Americas, and Africa, farming became the prevailing mode of existence when indigenous wild plants and animals were domesticated by prehistoric planters and herders. As Jared Diamond vividly reveals, the very people who gained a head start in producing food would collide with preliterate cultures, shaping the modern world through conquest, displacement, and genocide.The paths that lead from scattered centers of food to broad bands of settlement had a great deal to do with climate and geography. But how did differences in societies arise? Why weren't native Australians, Americans, or Africans the ones to colonize Europe? Diamond dismantles pernicious racial theories tracing societal differences to biological differences. He assembles convincing evidence linking germs to domestication of animals, germs that Eurasians then spread in epidemic proportions in their voyages of discovery. In its sweep, Guns, Germs and Steel encompasses the rise of agriculture, technology, writing, government, and religion, providing a unifying theory of human history as intriguing as the histories of dinosaurs and glaciers.
LC Classification NumberHM206.D48 2005
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- Jul 17, 2017
It won the Pulitzer
Winning the Pulitzer doesn't mean it's compelling reading for some. If you like fiction then this may not be for you as it can be dry in spots. Think about a good college course on the rise of the human race that compares and contrasts cultures against a background of time, geography, animals and plants that are present in differing areas. It's real comprehensive.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- Dec 13, 2022
Great book! Great price!
Pulitzer Prize winner by Jared Diamond. Well written, easy to understand. Back in early human history, why did the Eurasians get civilized and develop technology faster than other populations of the world? This book helps to explain that.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- Feb 08, 2021
Guns, Germs, And Steel
Overview of machinations driving / influencing differentiated human history / societal development in varied global groupingsVerified purchase: YesCondition: New
- Jul 18, 2018
Very nice
Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- Sep 18, 2023
Awesome book
Awesome book to haveVerified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
