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Guns, germs, and steel : a short history of everybody for the last 13,000 years / Jared Diamond
Publication details: London : Vintage , 2017 Description: 494 p., [16] h. de fot. bl. y n. : map., tab. ; 24 cmISBN: 9780099302780Subject(s): Historia | Antropología social | Evolución social | Cambio socialAbstract: Why has human history unfolded so differently across the globe? And what can it teach us about our current crisis? Jared Diamond puts the case that geography and biogeography, not race, moulded the contrasting fates of Europeans, Asians, Native Americans, sub-Saharan Africans, and aboriginal Australians. An ambitious synthesis of history, biology, ecology and linguistics, Guns, Germs and Steel is a ground-breaking and humane work of popular science that can provide expert insight into our modern world.| Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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Why has human history unfolded so differently across the globe? And what can it teach us about our current crisis?
Jared Diamond puts the case that geography and biogeography, not race, moulded the contrasting fates of Europeans, Asians, Native Americans, sub-Saharan Africans, and aboriginal Australians.
An ambitious synthesis of history, biology, ecology and linguistics, Guns, Germs and Steel is a ground-breaking and humane work of popular science that can provide expert insight into our modern world.