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040			_aACT _beng _erda _dATU
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100	1		_aDiamond, Jared M. _eauthor. _9229449
245	1	0	_aGuns, germs, and steel : _bthe fates of human societies / _cJared Diamond.
250			_aPaperback edition.
264		1	_aNew York : _bW.W. Norton & Co., _c[1999]
264		4	_c©1999
300			_a480 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : _billustrations, maps ; _c24 cm
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_aunmediated _bn _2rdamedia
338			_avolume _bnc _2rdacarrier
500			_a"With a new preface for the paperback edition"--Back cover note.
504			_aIncludes bibliographical references.
505	0	0	_gPROLOGUE : _tYALI'S QUESTION -- _tThe regionally differing courses of history -- _gPT. ONE : _tFROM EDEN TO CAJAMARCA -- _tUp to the starting line: What happened on all the continents before 11,000 B.C.? -- _tA natural experiment of history: How geography molded societies on the Polynesian islands -- _tCollision at Cajamarca: Why the Inca emperor Atahuallpa did not capture King Charles I of Spain -- _gPT. TWO : _tTHE RISE AND SPREAD OF FOOD PRODUCTION -- _tFarmer power: The roots of guns, germs, and steel -- _tHistory's haves and have-nots: Geographic differences in the onset of food production -- _tTo farm or not to farm: Causes of the spread of food production -- _tHow to make an almond: The unconscious development of ancient crops -- _tApples or indians: Why did peoples of some regions fail to domesticate plants? -- _tZebras, unhappy marriages, and the Anna Karenina principle: Why were most big wild mammal species never domesticated? -- _tSpacious skies and tilted axes: Why did food production spread at different rates on different continents? -- _gPT. THREE : _tFROM FOOD TO GUNS, GERMS, AND STEEL -- _tLethal gift of livestock: The evolution of germs -- _tBlueprints and borrowed letters: The evolution of writing -- _tNecessity's mother: The evolution of technology -- _tFrom egalitarianism to kleptocracy: The evolution of government and religion -- _gPT. FOUR _tAROUND THE WORLD IN FIVE CHAPTERS -- _tAround the world in five chapters. Yali's people: The histories of Australia and New Guinea -- _tHow China became Chinese: The history of East Asia -- _tSpeedboat to Polynesia: The history of Austronesian expansion -- _tHemispheres colliding: The histories of Eurasia and the Americas compared -- _tHow Africa became black: The history of Africa -- _gEPILOGUE : _tThe future of human history as a science.
588			_aMachine converted from AACR2 source record.
650		0	_aSocial evolution. _9324142
650		0	_aCivilization _xHistory. _9315481
650		0	_aEthnology. _9317569
650		0	_aHuman beings _xEffect of environment on _9320340
650		0	_aCulture diffusion _9316389
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