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So much to read, so little time? This brief overview of Guns, Germs, and Steel tells you what you need to knowbefore or after you read Jared Diamonds book.
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This short summary and analysis of Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond includes:
Historical context
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About Guns, Germs, and Steel by Jared Diamond:
Professor Jared Diamonds informative and fascinating Pulitzer Prize-winning Guns, Germs, and Steel explores a historic question: Why were the Eurasian peoples able to dominate those from other lands?
Diamond argues that it was ecology and geographynot racethat shaped the modern world. Societies that developed in regions with fertile land for farming and that had domesticable plants and animals were able to progress more quickly, thereby creating the tools to conquer preliterate cultures.
Drawing on a variety of disciplinesfrom linguistics, genetics, and epidemiology to biology, anthropology, and technologyGuns, Germs, and Steel offers an eloquently argued view of the development of human societies.
The summary and analysis in this book are intended to complement your reading experience and bring you closer to a great work of nonfiction.
Author: Worth Books
Binding Type: Paperback
Publisher: Open Road Integrated Media LLC
Published: 05/02/2017
Series: Smart Summaries
Pages: 62
Weight: 0.18lbs
Size: 8.00h x 5.25w x 0.15d
ISBN: 9781504046572
Language: English
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