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ISBN: 0393038912
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Our Take
In this Pulitzer Prize winning book, Jared Diamond tackles one of the most difficult questions imaginable: Why do different societies dominate others? Why did the Europeans conquer the new world, rather than the other way around? Why did Europeans colonize Africa? Traditional explanations have relied on European racial superiority, a notion both morally abhorrent and scientifically refuted. Diamond builds on the work of anthropology, sociology, agriculture, immunology, and many other disciplines to put forth a coherent set of explanations for the ascendancy of different peoples throughout our 13,000 year history as a civilized species. A fantastic, educational read. Read More at Amazon.com
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