Guns, Germs, and SteelThe Fates of Human Societies
- Narrated by
Grover Gardner
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- Edition:
- Abridged (HighBridge Company)
- Length:
- 5 hours, 58 minutes
- File Size:
- 164 MB (5 files)
- Published:
- July 2001
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Summary
In this groundbreaking work, evolutionary biologist Jared Diamond stunningly dismantles racially based theories of human history by revealing the environmental factors actually responsible for history’s broadest patterns. It is a story that spans 13,000 years of human history, beginning when Stone Age hunter-gatherers constituted the entire human population. Guns, Germs, and Steel is a world history that really is a history of all the world’s peoples, a unified narrative of human life.
Quotes from the Critics
"[Diamond's] masterful synthesis is a refreshingly unconventional history informed by anthropology, behavioral ecology, linguistics, epidemiology, archeology and technological development." - Publishers Weekly
"...[A]n impressive achievement, with nods to the historians, anthropologists, and others who laid the groundwork." - Kirkus
"This is a wonderfully interesting book, especially for historians of the usual liberal arts background, who will find the final chapter 'The Future of the History of Science,' alone worth the price of admission." - Los Angeles Times Book Review
"...[A] fascinating and extremely important book....[A] volume no one should leave college without reading." - Washington Post Book World
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