Guns, germs, and steel : the fates of human societies
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Published
New York : Norton, [2005].
ISBN
9780393061314, 0393061310, 9780393038910, 0393038912
Lexile measure
1440L
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Published
New York : Norton, [2005].
Format
Book
Physical Desc
518 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps; 24 cm
Language
English
ISBN
9780393061314, 0393061310, 9780393038910, 0393038912
Accelerated Reader
UG
Level 12.6, 33 Points
Level 12.6, 33 Points
Lexile measure
1440
Notes
General Note
"With a new chapter on Japan." -- book jacket
General Note
Originally published in 1997.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 466-496) and index.
Description
Guns, Germs, and Steel is a brilliant work answering the question of why the peoples of certain continents succeeded in invading other continents and conquering or displacing their peoples. This edition includes a new chapter on Japan and all-new illustrations drawn from the television series. Until around 11,000 BC, all peoples were still Stone Age hunter/gatherers. At that point, a great divide occurred in the rates that human societies evolved. In Eurasia, parts of the Americas, and Africa, farming became the prevailing mode of existence when indigenous wild plants and animals were domesticated by prehistoric planters and herders. As Jared Diamond vividly reveals, the very people who gained a head start in producing food would collide with preliterate cultures, shaping the modern world through conquest, displacement, and genocide. The paths that lead from scattered centers of food to broad bands of settlement had a great deal to do with climate and geography. But how did differences in societies arise? Why weren't native Australians, Americans, or Africans the ones to colonize Europe? Diamond dismantles pernicious racial theories tracing societal differences to biological differences. He assembles convincing evidence linking germs to domestication of animals, germs that Eurasians then spread in epidemic proportions in their voyages of discovery. In its sweep, Guns, Germs and Steel encompasses the rise of agriculture, technology, writing, government, and religion, providing a unifying theory of human history as intriguing as the histories of dinosaurs and glaciers. Thirty-two illustrations.
Target Audience
1440L,Lexile
Study Program Information
Accelerated Reader AR,UG,12.6,33.0,148303.
Study Program Information
Accelerated Reader AR,UG,12.6,33,148303.
Awards
Winner Pulitzer Prize for general non-fiction, 1998.
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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)
Diamond, J. M. (2005). Guns, germs, and steel: the fates of human societies . Norton.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Diamond, Jared M. 2005. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies. Norton.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)Diamond, Jared M. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies Norton, 2005.
MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)Diamond, Jared M. Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies Norton, 2005.
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