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

by Diamond, Jared
ISBN: 9780393317558
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  • Format: TradePaperback
  • Author: Diamond, Jared
  • ISBN: 9780393317558
  • Condition: Used
  • Dimensions: 9.32 x 1.43
  • Number Of Pages: 496
  • Publication Year: 1999

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  • Historic geography to help you understand why some societies are more advanced than others

    null null. - 7 months ago

    Helping readers grasp that geography and the environment are crucial to understanding how and why history played out the way it did is ONLY beneficial to progressing society forward. By giving us examples of small pocket Oceania societies to comparing how human nature is on a huge world scale, Guns, Germs, and Steel is an essential read to helping us move forward together as a society but also as human beings.

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  • Guns, Germs, and Steel

    Susan D. - 5 years 2 months ago

    Kicking myself for not reading it until 24 years after it was published! Beautifully written and exquisitely documented history of how and why a few civilizations acquired extensive power, and others did not. A great prelude to the book Caste (by Isabel Wilkerson).

  • Definitely Worth the Read

    Hillary X. - 5 years 2 months ago

    Definitely one of my favorite books. Diamond’s ability to tell a story through multiple perspectives—whether that be historical, cultural, ethical, or scientific—never ceases to amaze. Packed with good information, logical arguments, and the closest wholistic explanation for the success of certain human societies.

  • An engaging read on the cultural development of modern civilizations

    Sasha S. - 5 years 5 months ago

    Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond is a fascinating read that aims to explain how the cultural dominance of Eurasian civilizations is the byproduct of favorable environmental conditions, rather than any inherent superiority of the populations. The book is a very engaging account of a controversial topic, guaranteed to satisfy any reader interested in gaining an understanding of how the world's cultural landscape came to be what it is today.

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