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In a boldly ambitious analysis of history's broad patterns, Diamond (The Third Chimpanzee), evolutionary biologist and a professor at UCLA Medical School, identifies food production as a key to the glaring inequalities of wealth and power in the modern world. Dense, agriculture-based populations bred chiefs, kings and bureaucratic "kleptocracies" that transferred wealth from commoners to upper classes. Farming societies were able to support full-time craft specialists who developed technical innovations and steel weapons. European conquerors and their colonizing descendants overwhelmed the native peoples of North and South America, Africa and Australia. Using molecular biological studies, Diamond illuminates why Eurasian germs spreading diseases proved so devastating to indigenous societies. Refuting racist explanations for presumed differences in intelligence or technological capability and withholding a Eurocentric worldview, he effectively argues that accidental differences in geography and environment, combined with centuries of conquest, genocide and epidemics, shaped the diverse populations of today's world. His masterful synthesis is a refreshingly unconventional history informed by anthropology, behavioral ecology, linguistics, epidemiology, archeology and technological development. Portions copyright 2005 Publishers Weekly.
- Author: Diamond, Jared
- ISBN: 9780393317558
- Format: Paperback
- Pages: 480
- Publish Date: 4/1/1999
- Publisher: W W Norton & Co Inc
- Language: English
Portions copyright 2005 Muze Inc. All rights reserved.
- Author:
- Diamond, Jared
- ISBN:
- 9780393317558
- Format:
- Paperback
- Pages:
- 480
- Publish Date:
- 04/01/1999
- Publisher:
- W W Norton & Co Inc
Portions copyright 2005 Muze Inc. All rights reserved.
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Overall Rating: 4.9
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I am the thir chimpanee
I thoroughly loved this book. It is well written and accessible to the lay reader. While the examples offered are not always rigorous, they are still convincing.
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Guns, Germs, and Steel
If you ever wondered why some areas of the globe developed things like "Guns, Germs, and Steel" while others remained hunter gatherers, read this book. It's not about race, it's about....well, if I told you, you wouldn't read the book. The ramifications of this history lesson are being felt today.
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Thought provoking book
Excellent book that has an interesting take and analysis on the history of the evolution of human civilization, from prehistory to present. After stating his thesis, Diamond goes on to apply it to case studies such as: China, Africa and the Americas pre-Columbus.
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An interesting read - a good, broad overview of human history. Diamond proposes sweeping theories for the disparities between the haves and have-nots throughout human history, and supports his claims with a refreshing blend of anthropology, biology, and geography.
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