by Jared M. Diamond · W W Norton & Co Inc · tapa dura · ISBN 9780393317558
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In this groundbreaking book, evolutionary biologist Jared Diamond dismantles racially based theories of human history by revealing the environmental factors actually responsible for history's broadest patterns. Diamond explores why societies on some continents thrived while others lagged behind, arguing that environmental differences, such as the availability of domesticable plants and animals, the ease of crop and livestock diffusion, and population size, played a crucial role in shaping human history. This book offers a unified narrative of human life that challenges conventional wisdom and provides a new understanding of the inequalities of the modern world.
