Guns, germs, and steel: the fates of human societies
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Published:
New York : W.W. Norton & Co., 1999.
Physical Desc:
480 pages, [32] pages of plates : ill. ; 24 cm.
Accelerated Reader:
IL: UG - BL: 12.6 - AR Pts: 33
Lexile measure:
1440L
Status:
Central
303.4 D537 1999
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Format:
Book
Language:
English
ISBN:
0393317552 :, 032918489x :
Accelerated Reader:
UG
Level 12.6, 33 Points
Level 12.6, 33 Points
Lexile measure:
1440
Notes
General Note
"With a new preface for the paperback edition"--P. 4 of cover.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (p. 429-457) and index.
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APA Citation (style guide)
Diamond, J. M. (1999). Guns, germs, and steel: the fates of human societies. New York, W.W. Norton & Co.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Diamond, Jared M. 1999. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies. New York, W.W. Norton & Co.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Diamond, Jared M, Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies. New York, W.W. Norton & Co, 1999.
MLA Citation (style guide)Diamond, Jared M. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies. New York, W.W. Norton & Co, 1999.
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| 505 | 0 | |a 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 the 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. | |
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