National Geographic People of the World

National Geographic People of the World

Author: Catherine Herbert Howell

Publisher: National Geographic Books

Published: 2016

Total Pages: 388

ISBN-13: 1426217080

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"A revised and updated edition of National Geographic book of peoples of the world, including all-new material"--Cover.


Book of Peoples of the World

Book of Peoples of the World

Author: Wade Davis

Publisher: National Geographic Books

Published: 2007

Total Pages: 388

ISBN-13: 9781426202384

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From the foremost authority on history and civilization comes the definitive guide to world cultures--showcasing human diversity in all its vast and startling richness. 235 color photographs and 37 maps.


Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies

Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies

Author: Jared Diamond

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company

Published: 1999-04-17

Total Pages: 532

ISBN-13: 0393069222

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"Fascinating.... Lays a foundation for understanding human history."—Bill Gates In this "artful, informative, and delightful" (William H. McNeill, New York Review of Books) book, Jared Diamond convincingly argues that geographical and environmental factors shaped the modern world. Societies that had had a head start in food production advanced beyond the hunter-gatherer stage, and then developed religion --as well as nasty germs and potent weapons of war --and adventured on sea and land to conquer and decimate preliterate cultures. A major advance in our understanding of human societies, Guns, Germs, and Steel chronicles the way that the modern world came to be and stunningly dismantles racially based theories of human history. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, the Phi Beta Kappa Award in Science, the Rhone-Poulenc Prize, and the Commonwealth club of California's Gold Medal.