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Guns, germs and steel : a short history of everybody for the last 13,000 years /

This book abandons the conventional distinctions between history and science. By focusing on what ancient peoples had in the way of land, animals and plants, Diamond sheds genuinely new light on the world's most explosive diversions.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Diamond, Jared M.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: London : Vintage, 2005, c1997.
Subjects:
Civilization > History.
Culture diffusion.
Human beings > Effect of environment on.
Social evolution.
Description
Summary:This book abandons the conventional distinctions between history and science. By focusing on what ancient peoples had in the way of land, animals and plants, Diamond sheds genuinely new light on the world's most explosive diversions.
Item Description:Originally published: Great Britain: Chatto & Windus, 1997.
Physical Description:480 pages, [32] pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 20 cm.
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:0099302780 (pbk.)
9780099302780 (pbk.)