The Resource Guns, germs, and steel : the fates of human societies, Jared Diamond
Guns, germs, and steel : the fates of human societies, Jared Diamond
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- Language
- eng
- Extent
- 518 pages
- Contents
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- Yali's question: The regionally differing courses of history
- From Eden to Cajamarca. Up to the starting line: What happened on all the continents before 11,000 B.C.?
- A natural experiment of history: How geography molded societies on Polynesian islands
- Collision at Cajamarca: Why the Inca emperor Atahuallpa did not capture King Charles I of Spain
- The rise and spread of food production. Farmer power: The roots of guns, germs, and steel
- History's haves and have-nots: Geographic differences in the onset of food production
- To farm or not to farm: Causes of the spread of food production
- How to make an almond: The unconscious development of ancient crops
- Apples or Indians: Why did peoples of some regions fail to domesticate plants?
- Zebras, unhappy marriages, and the Anna Karenina principle: Why were most big wild mammal species never domesticated?
- Spacious skies and tilted axes: Why did food production spread at different rates on different continents?
- From food to guns, germs, and steel. Lethal gift of livestock: The evolution of germs
- Blueprints and borrowed letters: The evolution of writing
- Necessity's mother: The evolution of technology
- From egalitarianism to kleptocracy: The evolution of government and religion
- Around the world in five chapters. Yali's people: The histories of Australia and New Guinea
- How China became Chinese: The history of East Asia
- Speedboat to Polynesia: The history of Austronesian expansion
- Hemispheres colliding: The histories of Eurasia and the Americas compared
- How Africa became black: The history of Africa
- The future of human history as a science
- Who are the Japanese? 2003 afterword: Guns, germs, and steel today
- Isbn
- 9780393061314
- Label
- Guns, germs, and steel : the fates of human societies
- Title
- Guns, germs, and steel
- Title remainder
- the fates of human societies
- Statement of responsibility
- Jared Diamond
- Title variation
- Guns, germs, & steel
- Language
- eng
- Award
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- New York Times Notable Book, 1997
- Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction, 1998.
- Royal Society General Prizes for Science Books, 1998.
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- 154814
- Cataloging source
- DLC
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- Diamond, Jared M
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- maps
- Index
- index present
- Intended audience
- 1440L
- Intended audience source
- Lexile
- Interest level
- UG
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- Reading level
- 12.6
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- True
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- Social evolution
- Civilization
- Ethnology
- Human beings
- Culture diffusion
- Target audience
- adult
- http://bibfra.me/vocab/lite/titleRemainder
- the fates of human societies
- Label
- Guns, germs, and steel : the fates of human societies, Jared Diamond
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 466-496) and index
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- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
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- Content type code
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- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Contents
- Yali's question: The regionally differing courses of history -- From Eden to Cajamarca. Up to the starting line: What happened on all the continents before 11,000 B.C.? -- A natural experiment of history: How geography molded societies on Polynesian islands -- Collision at Cajamarca: Why the Inca emperor Atahuallpa did not capture King Charles I of Spain -- The rise and spread of food production. Farmer power: The roots of guns, germs, and steel -- History's haves and have-nots: Geographic differences in the onset of food production -- To farm or not to farm: Causes of the spread of food production -- How to make an almond: The unconscious development of ancient crops -- Apples or Indians: Why did peoples of some regions fail to domesticate plants? -- Zebras, unhappy marriages, and the Anna Karenina principle: Why were most big wild mammal species never domesticated? -- Spacious skies and tilted axes: Why did food production spread at different rates on different continents? -- From food to guns, germs, and steel. Lethal gift of livestock: The evolution of germs -- Blueprints and borrowed letters: The evolution of writing -- Necessity's mother: The evolution of technology -- From egalitarianism to kleptocracy: The evolution of government and religion -- Around the world in five chapters. Yali's people: The histories of Australia and New Guinea -- How China became Chinese: The history of East Asia -- Speedboat to Polynesia: The history of Austronesian expansion -- Hemispheres colliding: The histories of Eurasia and the Americas compared -- How Africa became black: The history of Africa -- The future of human history as a science -- Who are the Japanese? 2003 afterword: Guns, germs, and steel today
- Control code
- 513197
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- 518 pages
- Isbn
- 9780393061314
- Lccn
- 2005284261
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, maps
- System control number
- (Sirsi) i9780393061314
- Label
- Guns, germs, and steel : the fates of human societies, Jared Diamond
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 466-496) and index
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
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- rdacontent
- Contents
- Yali's question: The regionally differing courses of history -- From Eden to Cajamarca. Up to the starting line: What happened on all the continents before 11,000 B.C.? -- A natural experiment of history: How geography molded societies on Polynesian islands -- Collision at Cajamarca: Why the Inca emperor Atahuallpa did not capture King Charles I of Spain -- The rise and spread of food production. Farmer power: The roots of guns, germs, and steel -- History's haves and have-nots: Geographic differences in the onset of food production -- To farm or not to farm: Causes of the spread of food production -- How to make an almond: The unconscious development of ancient crops -- Apples or Indians: Why did peoples of some regions fail to domesticate plants? -- Zebras, unhappy marriages, and the Anna Karenina principle: Why were most big wild mammal species never domesticated? -- Spacious skies and tilted axes: Why did food production spread at different rates on different continents? -- From food to guns, germs, and steel. Lethal gift of livestock: The evolution of germs -- Blueprints and borrowed letters: The evolution of writing -- Necessity's mother: The evolution of technology -- From egalitarianism to kleptocracy: The evolution of government and religion -- Around the world in five chapters. Yali's people: The histories of Australia and New Guinea -- How China became Chinese: The history of East Asia -- Speedboat to Polynesia: The history of Austronesian expansion -- Hemispheres colliding: The histories of Eurasia and the Americas compared -- How Africa became black: The history of Africa -- The future of human history as a science -- Who are the Japanese? 2003 afterword: Guns, germs, and steel today
- Control code
- 513197
- Dimensions
- 24 cm
- Extent
- 518 pages
- Isbn
- 9780393061314
- Lccn
- 2005284261
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
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- n
- Other physical details
- illustrations, maps
- System control number
- (Sirsi) i9780393061314
Subject
- Human beings -- Effect of environment on
- trueSocial evolution
- trueEffect of environment on humans
- trueEthnology
- trueGeography
- trueGeography -- History
- trueHumans -- Effect of environment on
- trueCivilization
- Civilization -- History
- trueCultural diffusion
- Culture diffusion
- trueDemography
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- truePulitzer Prize: General Nonfiction
- trueRoyal Society Insight Investment Prize for Science Books
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