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Guns, Germs And Steel: A Short History Of Everbody For The Last 13000 Years

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Guns, Germs And Steel: A Short History Of Everbody For The Last 13000 Years

by Jared M Diamond and Jared M. Diamond

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Publication Date: 1998-04-25

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Guns, Germs And Steel: A Short History Of Everbody For The Last 13000 Years

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ISBN:: 9780099302780
Category:: General
Format:: Paperback
Publication Date:: 1998-04-25
Illustrations:: 32 b&w halftones
Country of origin:: United Kingdom
Edition:: New edition
Pages:: 480
Dimensions (mm):: 198x132x33mm
Weight:: 430g

Synopsis

This work abandons the conventional distinctions between history and science. Diamond focuses on what ancient people were endowed with in the way of land, animals and plants, and on the confrontations between less and more advanced people to see how this led to today's inequalities.