Guns, germs, and steel : the fates of human societies

Titre
Guns, germs, and steel : the fates of human societies

Jared M. Diamond

Sommaire
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.

Date de publication comme intervalle
1999

Description matérielle
480 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.

Terme de vedette-matière
Social change.
 
Civilization -- History.
 
Ethnology.
 
Human influence on nature.
 
Human ecology.

Résumé
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.

Numéro international normalisé des livres (ISBN)
9780393317558
 
9780329184896

Informations de publication
New York : W. W. Norton & Co., c1999.


BibliothèqueNuméro de rayonType de documentCode à barres du documentStatut
Stratford303.4 DIABook30577000202987Non-Fiction