TY  - BOOK
AU  - Diamond,Jared M.
TI  - Guns, germs, and steel: the fates of human societies 
SN  - 0393317552
AV  - HM206 .D48 1999
U1  - 303.4 21
PY  - 1999///
CY  - New York
PB  - W. W. Norton & Co.
KW  - Social change
KW  - Civilization
KW  - History
KW  - Ethnology
KW  - Human influence on nature
KW  - Human ecology
N1  - Includes bibliographical references (p. 429-457) and index; Wilson's Public Library, May 1998; Pulitzer Prize, April 1998; Library Journal, February 1997; Pub Weekly, January 1997; Choice, January 1998; Kirkus Review, January 1997; Kliatt, September 1999; Adult; Follett Library Resources
N2  - Traces the development of primitive societies showing why some groups advanced more rapidly than others and how this progression explains why various populations stabilize at specific phases of development while others continue to evolve
ER  -