Guns, Germs and Steel - Jared Diamond

Category: Adults, Bestsellers, History, Misc. Non-fiction
Language: English
Keywords: Agricultural & Food Sciences Anthropology Civilization English Society Evolution Human Geography

Written by Jared Diamond
Read by Doug Ordunio
Format: M4B
Bitrate: 64 Kbps
Unabridged

Pulitzer Prize, General Nonfiction, 1998

Guns, Germs and Steel examines the rise of civilization and the issues its development has raised throughout history.

Having done field work in New Guinea for more than 30 years, Jared Diamond presents the geographical and ecological factors that have shaped the modern world. From the viewpoint of an evolutionary biologist, he highlights the broadest movements both literal and conceptual on every continent since the Ice Age, and examines societal advances such as writing, religion, government, and technology. Diamond also dissects racial theories of global history, and the resulting work—Guns, Germs and Steel—is a major contribution to our understanding the evolution of human societies.

©1997 Jared Diamond (P)2011 Random House