Guns, Germs And Steel: The Fates Of Human Societies
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Edition: First Edition, Third Impression
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good. Jacket: good Page Condition: Good, remainder mark. Markings: No markings. Binding condition: Good.
Why did some civilisations come to dominate others — not through superior intelligence or moral virtue, but through the accidental advantages of geography, flora, and fauna? Guns, Germs and Steel presents one of the most ambitious and compelling arguments in modern intellectual history, chronicling thirteen thousand years of human development to explain why Eurasian and North African civilisations have survived and conquered while others faltered. Jared Diamond dismantles centuries of Eurocentric mythology, arguing that the roots of global inequality lie not in racial superiority but in the brute luck of continental geography — the availability of domesticable plants and animals, and the orientation of landmasses that allowed agriculture, cities, and technology to spread with startling speed. A Pulitzer Prize-winning work of sweeping interdisciplinary scope, this landmark text draws from evolutionary biology, archaeology, linguistics, and epidemiology to construct its world-historical argument. Diamond's prose is both rigorous and accessible, guiding the reader through vast stretches of human prehistory with the narrative confidence of a master storyteller. Celebrated as one of the most influential works of popular science and history of the late twentieth century, it permanently reshaped how we understand the forces that forged the modern world — and leaves the reader questioning whether the future, too, might be written not by human will, but by the land beneath our feet.
Author: Jared Diamond
Format: Hardback
Published: 1997, Jonathan Cape
Genre: History
Edition: First Edition, Third Impression
Condition remarks:
Condition: Good. Jacket: good Page Condition: Good, remainder mark. Markings: No markings. Binding condition: Good.
Why did some civilisations come to dominate others — not through superior intelligence or moral virtue, but through the accidental advantages of geography, flora, and fauna? Guns, Germs and Steel presents one of the most ambitious and compelling arguments in modern intellectual history, chronicling thirteen thousand years of human development to explain why Eurasian and North African civilisations have survived and conquered while others faltered. Jared Diamond dismantles centuries of Eurocentric mythology, arguing that the roots of global inequality lie not in racial superiority but in the brute luck of continental geography — the availability of domesticable plants and animals, and the orientation of landmasses that allowed agriculture, cities, and technology to spread with startling speed. A Pulitzer Prize-winning work of sweeping interdisciplinary scope, this landmark text draws from evolutionary biology, archaeology, linguistics, and epidemiology to construct its world-historical argument. Diamond's prose is both rigorous and accessible, guiding the reader through vast stretches of human prehistory with the narrative confidence of a master storyteller. Celebrated as one of the most influential works of popular science and history of the late twentieth century, it permanently reshaped how we understand the forces that forged the modern world — and leaves the reader questioning whether the future, too, might be written not by human will, but by the land beneath our feet.