Guns, germs and steel : a short history of everybody for the last 13000 years

By:

Diamond, Jared

Publication details: London Vintage Books 2005Description: 480pISBN:

9780099302780

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DDC classification:

303.4 DIA

Contents:

CONTENTS PREFACE WHY IS WORLD HISTORY LIKE AN ONION ? 9 PROLOGUE YALIS QUESTION 13 PART ONE : FROM EDEN TO CAJAMARCA 33 PART TWO : THE RISE AND SPREAD OF FOOD PRODUCTION 83 PART THREE : FROM FOOD TO GUNS, GERMS AND STEEL 193 PART FOUR : AROUND THE WORLD IN FIVE CHAPTERS 293 EPILOGUE THE FUTURE OF HUMAN HISTORY AS A SCIENCE 403 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT 403 FURTHER READINGS 427 CREDITS 429 INDEX 461

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CONTENTS
PREFACE
WHY IS WORLD HISTORY LIKE AN ONION ? 9
PROLOGUE YALIS QUESTION 13
PART ONE : FROM EDEN TO CAJAMARCA 33
PART TWO : THE RISE AND SPREAD OF FOOD PRODUCTION 83
PART THREE : FROM FOOD TO GUNS, GERMS AND STEEL 193
PART FOUR : AROUND THE WORLD IN FIVE CHAPTERS 293
EPILOGUE THE FUTURE OF HUMAN HISTORY AS A SCIENCE 403
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT 403
FURTHER READINGS 427
CREDITS 429
INDEX 461

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