Guns, Germs And Steel : a short history of everybody for the last 13, 000 years /: a short history of everybody for the last 13, 000 years. (2013)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Jared Diamond.
• Authors: Diamond, Jared M
• Contents: Pt. 1. From Eden to Cajamarca -- ch. 1. Up to the starting line: What happened on all the continents before 11, 000 B.C.? -- ch. 2. Natural experiment of history: how geography molded societies on Polynesian islands -- ch. 3. Collision at Cajamarca: why the Inca Emperor Atahuallpa did not capture King Charles I of Spain -- pt. 2. Rise and spread of food production -- ch. 4. Farmer power: the roots of guns, germs, and steel -- ch. 5. History's haves and have-nots: geographic differences in the onset of food production -- ch. 6. To farm or not to farm: causes of the spread of food production -- ch. 7. How to make an almond: the unconscious development of ancient crops -- ch. 8. Apples or Indians: why did peoples of some regions fail to domesticate plants? -- ch. 9. Zebras, unhappy marriages, and the Anna Karenina principle: why were most big wild mammal species never domesticated? ch. 10. Spacious skies and tilted axes: why did food production spread at different rates on different continents? -- pt. 3. From food to guns, germs, and steel -- ch. 11. Lethal gift of livestock: the evolution of germs -- ch. 12. Blueprints and borrowed letters -- ch. 13. Necessity's mother: the evolution of technology -- ch. 14. From egalitarianism to kleptocracy: The evolution of government and religion -- pt. 4. Around the world in five chapters -- ch. 15. Yali's people: the histories of Australia and New Guinea -- ch. 16. How China became Chinese: the history of East Asia -- ch. 17. Speedboat to Polynesia: the history of the Austronesian expansion -- ch. 18. Hemispheres colliding: the histories of Eurasia and the Americas compared -- ch. 19. How Africa became black: the history of Africa.
• Publisher Details: Place of publication not identified : Random House
• Publication Date: 2013
• Extent: 1 online resource (480 pages)
• Subjects: 303.4; HISTORY / Historical Geography; Social evolution; Civilization -- History; Ethnology; Human beings -- Effect of environment on; Culture diffusion; Civilization; Culture diffusion; Ethnology; Human beings -- Effect of environment on; Social evolution; SCIENCE / General; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology / General; SCIENCE / Life Sciences / Biology; NATURE / Ecology; Biology, life sciences; Social impact of environmental issues; Popular science; History; Electronic books; History
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781448180202; 1448180201
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 429-457) and index.; Note: Vendor-supplied metadata.
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