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1) The world until yesterday: what can we learn from traditional societies?

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Diamond, Jared M

Publisher

Viking

Pub. Date

c2013

Language

English

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Draws on decades of field work in the Pacific islands and other world regions to illuminate the degree to which modern society reflects traditional cultures from earlier and ancient time periods.

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

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Diamond, Jared M

Publisher

Norton

Pub. Date

c2005

Language

English

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"Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, Guns, Germs, and Steel is a brilliant work answering the question of why the peoples of certain continents succeeded in invading other continents and conquering or displacing their peoples. This edition includes a new chapter on Japan and all-new illustrations drawn from the television series. Until around 11,000 BC, all peoples were still Stone Age hunter/gatherers. At that point, a great divide occurred in the rates...

3) Collapse: how societies choose to fail or succeed

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Diamond, Jared M

Publisher

Viking

Pub. Date

2005

Language

English

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A study of the downfall of some of history's greatest civilizations discusses the Anasazi, the Maya, and the Viking colony on Greenland, tracing patterns of environmental damage, poor political choices, and other factors in their demise.

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Jared M Diamond

1) The world until yesterday: what can we learn from traditional societies?

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

3) Collapse: how societies choose to fail or succeed