Guns, Germs and Steel: The Fate of Human Societies
by DIAMOND, JARED
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- Hardcover
- first
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About This Item
Jonathan Cape 1997. FIRST EDITION, SECOND IMPRESSION, super octavo, black heavy card boards, gilt lettering to spine, 480pp, illus, VG+ (light creasing to spine extrems, light foxing to page edges) in d/w, VG+ (light creasing & chipping to edges, light chafing to covers, bookseller's price label to rear cover, light waterr stain to base of internal side)
Synopsis
Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies is a 1997 book by Jared Diamond, professor of geography and physiology at UCLA. In 1998 it won a Pulitzer Prize and the Aventis Prize for Best Science Book. A documentary based on the book and produced by the National Geographic Society was broadcast on PBS in July 2005.
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- Title
- Guns, Germs and Steel: The Fate of Human Societies
- Author
- DIAMOND, JARED
- Book Condition
- Used
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Jonathan Cape 1997
- Keywords
- evolution anthropology history antiquity illustrated warfare weaponry politics military ecology germs steel metallurgy production first edition
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