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Guns, Germs and Steel: A Short History of Everybody for the Last 13,000 Years

by Jared Diamond
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Guns, Germs and Steel: A Short History of Everybody for the Last 13,000 Years
Guns, Germs and Steel: A Short History of Everybody for the Last 13,000 Years

History's global fate explained in 8 words.

Guns, Germs and Steel provides a unique viewpoint on the development of human society through a scientific lens. The book argues that geographical and environmental factors played the most significant role in the development of civilizations, not race or inherent superiority. This eye-opening perspective challenges common assumptions about the roots of inequality and offers a compelling explanation for the vast differences in the fates of different global societies. If you're looking for insightful analysis of the course of human history, this book is a must-read.

  • Royal Society Science Book Prize for General Prize (1998)
  • Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction (1998)
  • California Book Award for Nonfiction (Gold) (1997)
  • Puddly Award for History (2001)
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Guns, Germs and Steel: A Short History of Everybody for the Last 13,000 Years

by Jared Diamond
$9.90
ISBN: 9780099302780
Estimated First-hand Retail Price: $20.21
Authors: Jared Diamond
Publisher: Vintage
Date of Publication: 2017-04-25
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Politics, Science, Economics, Sociology, History
Related Topics: Economics, Sociology, Social Issues, Biology, Anthropology, History, World History, Historical, Politics
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Explaining what William McNeill called The Rise of the West has become the central problem in the study of global history. In Guns, Germs, and Steel, Jared Diamond presents the biologist's answer: geography, demography, and ecological happenstance. Diamond evenhandedly reviews human history on every continent since the Ice Age at a rate that emphasizes only the broadest movements of peoples and ideas. Yet his survey is binocular: one eye has the rather distant vision of the evolutionary biologist, while the other eye--and his heart--belongs to the people of New Guinea, where he has done field work for more than 30 years.
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History's global fate explained in 8 words.

Guns, Germs and Steel provides a unique viewpoint on the development of human society through a scientific lens. The book argues that geographical and environmental factors played the most significant role in the development of civilizations, not race or inherent superiority. This eye-opening perspective challenges common assumptions about the roots of inequality and offers a compelling explanation for the vast differences in the fates of different global societies. If you're looking for insightful analysis of the course of human history, this book is a must-read.

  • Royal Society Science Book Prize for General Prize (1998)
  • Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction (1998)
  • California Book Award for Nonfiction (Gold) (1997)
  • Puddly Award for History (2001)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.