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Guns, germs, and steel : the fates of human societies / Jared Diamond.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: New York : W. W. Norton & Co., c1999.Description: 480 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 0393317552
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 303.4 21
LOC classification:
  • HM206 .D48 1999
Summary: 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.
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Item type Current library Collection Call number Status Date due Barcode
Non Fiction MVS Library Main room-Teen/Adult B- Nonfiction (Teen/Adult) 303.4 Dia (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 402021

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

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.

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