Guns, Germs and Steel : A Short History of Everbody for the Last 13000 Years
by Jared Diamond
- Used
- near fine
- Hardcover
- Signed
- Condition
- Near Fine/Fine
- ISBN 10
- 0224038095
- ISBN 13
- 9780224038096
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About This Item
Jonathan Cape, UK, 1997. Third Printing. Hardcover. Near Fine/Fine. Signed by Author. Hardcover. 480 pages. Signed by Author. *** PUBLISHING DETAILS: Jonathan Cape, UK, 1997. Third Printing. *** CONDITION: The book itself is in near fine condition and comes in fine dust jacket. More specifically: Boards have no wear, rubbing or soiling. Dust jacket is in excellent condtion. Dust jacket is unclipped. Dust jacket is protected in clear, plastic sleeve. Remainder mark on page edges. *** ABOUT THIS BOOK: This book answers the most obvious, the most important, yet the most difficult question about human history: why history unfolded so differently on different continents. Geography and biography, not race, moulded the contrasting fates of Europeans, Asians, Native Americans, sub-Saharan Africans, and aboriginal Australians. An ambitious synthesis of history, biology, ecology and linguistics, Guns, Germs and Steel is one of the most important and humane works of popular science. *** Quantity Available: 1. Category: History; ISBN: 0224038095. ISBN/EAN: 9780224038096. Inventory No: 23110158.. 9780224038096
Synopsis
Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies is a 1997 book by Jared Diamond, professor of geography and physiology at UCLA. In 1998 it won a Pulitzer Prize and the Aventis Prize for Best Science Book. A documentary based on the book and produced by the National Geographic Society was broadcast on PBS in July 2005.
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- Bookseller
- Manyhills Books (AU)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 23110158
- Title
- Guns, Germs and Steel : A Short History of Everbody for the Last 13000 Years
- Author
- Jared Diamond
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Near Fine
- Jacket Condition
- Fine
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- Third Printing
- ISBN 10
- 0224038095
- ISBN 13
- 9780224038096
- Publisher
- Jonathan Cape
- Place of Publication
- UK
- Date Published
- 1997
- Keywords
- BZDB5 History; Guns, Germs and Steel : A Short History of Everbody for the Last 13000 Years
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