Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies (Unabridged)
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4.1 • 285 Ratings
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- $19.99
Publisher Description
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, Guns, Germs and Steel examines the rise of civilization and the issues its development has raised throughout history.
Having done field work in New Guinea for more than 30 years, Jared Diamond presents the geographical and ecological factors that have shaped the modern world. From the viewpoint of an evolutionary biologist, he highlights the broadest movements both literal and conceptual on every continent since the Ice Age, and examines societal advances such as writing, religion, government, and technology. Diamond also dissects racial theories of global history, and the resulting work—Guns, Germs and Steel—is a major contribution to our understanding the evolution of human societies.
Customer Reviews
Interesting info
Loved the history backgrounds and insightful history facts and findings. However, I did not like the narration, it felt like a lecture rather than a friendly reading voice, which made it drag and harder to listen to.
Incredibly interesting!
There is so much information packed into this book that I will reread (or listen to) again. So much research was put into this! And the narrator was perfect! Definitely recommend to any history buff.
A Bit Dry
First of all I would like to address the idiot in the previous comment who called this book and author Racist. Get over yourself that is ridiculous. If you don’t have the stomach to read history and ask the questions the author is asking then you need to stick to reading Court of Thornes. That being said, this wasn’t my favorite book. It covers incredibly interesting topics and the author does make you think, however the authors style of writing is somewhat dry, and he does repeat himself ALOT. So if you are into books that read like an academic research paper this is a great book. But if you want something that covers the same/ similar topics I would highly recommend Sapien.