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(0)Jared M Diamond
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
ix, 502 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"With his international bestsellers Guns, Germs and Steel and Collapse, Jared Diamond transformed our understanding of why civilizations rise and fall. Now, in his third book in this monumental trilogy, he reveals how some nations successfully recover from crises while adopting selective changes--a coping mechanism more commonly associated with individuals recovering from personal crises. Diamond compares how six countries have survived recent upheavals--ranging...
Author
Publisher
Norton
Pub. Date
[2005]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 12.6 - AR Pts: 33
Physical Desc
518 pages, 32 pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
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....
