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Guns, Germs and Steel: A Short History of Everybody for the Last 13,000 Years

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Geography shapes civilization's diverse destinies.

If you're fascinated by the big patterns of human history and how societies developed so differently, "Guns, Germs, and Steel" will be a revelatory read. Jared Diamond masterfully connects the dots between geography and the varying paths of human development. It's well-researched, accessible, and offers a fresh perspective on why the world is the way it is today. It's not just a history book; it's a conversation starter on the forces that have shaped humanity.

  • Royal Society Science Book Prize for General Prize (1998)
  • Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction (1998)
  • California Book Award for Nonfiction (Gold) (1997)
  • Puddly Award for History (2001)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.
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Guns, Germs and Steel: A Short History of Everybody for the Last 13,000 Years

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ISBN: 9780099302780
Authors: Jared Diamond
Publisher: Vintage
Date of Publication: 2017-04-25
Format: Paperback
Related Collections: Sociology, Economics, Science, History, Politics
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Explaining what William McNeill called The Rise of the West has become the central problem in the study of global history. In Guns, Germs, and Steel, Jared Diamond presents the biologist's answer: geography, demography, and ecological happenstance. Diamond evenhandedly reviews human history on every continent since the Ice Age at a rate that emphasizes only the broadest movements of peoples and ideas. Yet his survey is binocular: one eye has the rather distant vision of the evolutionary biologist, while the other eye--and his heart--belongs to the people of New Guinea, where he has done field work for more than 30 years.
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Geography shapes civilization's diverse destinies.

If you're fascinated by the big patterns of human history and how societies developed so differently, "Guns, Germs, and Steel" will be a revelatory read. Jared Diamond masterfully connects the dots between geography and the varying paths of human development. It's well-researched, accessible, and offers a fresh perspective on why the world is the way it is today. It's not just a history book; it's a conversation starter on the forces that have shaped humanity.

  • Royal Society Science Book Prize for General Prize (1998)
  • Pulitzer Prize for General Nonfiction (1998)
  • California Book Award for Nonfiction (Gold) (1997)
  • Puddly Award for History (2001)
Note: While we do our best to ensure the accuracy of cover images, ISBNs may at times be reused for different editions of the same title which may hence appear as a different cover.