Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies

Author: Jared M. Diamond

Brand: W W Norton Company

Edition: First Edition

Number Of Pages: 480

Details: "Fascinating.... Lays a foundation for understanding human history."―Bill Gates In this "artful, informative, and delightful" (William H. McNeill, New York Review of Books) book, Jared Diamond convincingly argues that geographical and environmental factors shaped the modern world. 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, the Phi Beta Kappa Award in Science, the Rhone-Poulenc Prize, and the Commonwealth club of California's Gold Medal.

EAN: 9780393317558

Release Date: 01-04-1999

Languages: English

Item Note: Book is in good condition! The cover has some wear that includes dings in the corners. The pages look good and do not have tears, folds, or marks.

Item Condition: UsedGood

Binding: paperback