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020 _a9780099302780
040 _cIISER Bpr
100 _aJared M Diamond
245 _aGuns, germs, and steel : a short history of everybody for the last 13,000 years
_cJared M Diamond
260 _aLondon :
_bVintage,
_c1998.
300 _a494 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates :
_billustrations, maps ;
_c20 cm
520 _aTraces the development of primitive societies showing why some groups advanced more rapidly than others and how this progression explains why various populations stabilize at specific phases of development while others continue to evolve.
650 _aSocial evolution.
650 _aCivilization
650 _aHistory.
650 _aEthnology.
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