Guns, germs, and steel : the fates of human societies
Title
:
Guns, germs, and steel : the fates of human societies
Personal Author EPSB
:
Jared M. Diamond
Summary
:
Traces the development of primitive societies showing why some groups advanced more rapidly than others and how this progression explains why various populations stabilize at specific phases of development while others continue to evolve.
Year Published
:
1999
Physical Description
:
480 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Subject
:
Social change.
Civilization -- History.
Ethnology.
Human influence on nature.
Human ecology.
Summary
:
Traces the development of primitive societies showing why some groups advanced more rapidly than others and how this progression explains why various populations stabilize at specific phases of development while others continue to evolve.
ISBN
:
9780393317558
9780329184896
Publisher
:
New York : W. W. Norton & Co., c1999.
| Library | Call Number | Type | Item Barcode | Status |
|---|
| Stratford | 303.4 DIA | Book | 30577000202987 | Non-Fiction |