Guns, germs, and steel
: the fates of human societies
A study of how Europe and the Near East became the cradles of modern society, eventually giving rise to capitalism and science, the dominant forces in today's world - and why, until more recent times, Africa, Australasia and the Americas lagged behind in both technological sophistication and po...
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Détails bibliographiques
Auteur principal : |
Diamond Jared Mason
(Auteur) |
Format : |
Livre |
Langue : |
anglais |
Titre complet : |
Guns, germs, and steel : the fates of human societies / Jared Diamond |
Publié : |
New York :
W.W. Norton & Co.
, cop. 1999
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Description matérielle : |
1 vol. (494 p.-[32] p. de pl.) |
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