false http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1158959888m/1842.jpg 1842 29 According to the author, an alternative title would be A short history about everyone for the last 13,000 years. But the book is not merely an account of the past; it attempts to explain why Eurasian civilizations, as a whole, have survived and conquered others, while attempting to refute the belief that Eurasian hegemony is due to any form of Eurasian intellectual, moral, or inherent genetic superiority. Diamond argues that: the gaps in power and technology between human societies originate in environmental differences amplified by various positive feedback loops; and that, if cultural or genetic differences have favored Eurasians (for example Chinese centralized government, or improved disease resistance among Eurasians), it is only so because of the influence of geography. 2138852 book 1997 Guns, Germs, and Steel total:16802|5:5475|4:6712|3:3458|2:887|1:270| 16802 66641 27705 2429 5 16 false false Sun Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Fri Jul 27 10:15:49 -0700 2007 Fri Jul 27 10:19:19 -0700 2007
I give you now Professor Twist,
A conscientious scientist,
Trustees exclaimed, "He never bungles!"
And sent him off to distant jungles.
Camped on a tropic riverside,
One day he missed his loving bride.
She had, the guide informed him late...more...]]> 4 17 false false Wed Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2006 Fri May 18 10:09:55 -0700 2007 Fri May 18 18:25:14 -0700 2007 more...]]> 4 12 false false Thu Jan 31 09:27:44 -0800 2008 Sun Apr 06 04:06:53 -0700 2008 more...]]> 4 8 false false Mon Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Fri Aug 24 11:03:41 -0700 2007 Tue Sep 04 11:02:32 -0700 2007
I love his analysis and interpretation of causes that show...more...]]> 1 10 false false Fri Jan 11 21:49:20 -0800 2008 Sat Nov 22 00:24:02 -0800 2008
Mr. Diamond, NOT an anthropologist, takes Marvin Harris' theory of cultural materialism and uses it to explain everything in life, history, and the cur...more...]]> 2 9 false false Sun Oct 01 00:00:00 -0700 2000 Tue Jun 05 16:59:25 -0700 2007 Tue Jun 05 17:17:46 -0700 2007 more...]]> 2 5 false false Mon Jan 21 22:31:27 -0800 2008 Mon Jan 21 22:31:54 -0800 2008
It is a thesis,
His thesis being; that all animals are created equal… but not all animals sleep in a bed with sheets.
Why?
Because in addition to needing tree for wood to make looms, herders to shear sheep & weavers to make sheets, you also need (DHU) SH...more...]]> 3 4 false false Tue Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2008 Wed Jan 23 20:47:09 -0800 2008 Wed Jan 23 21:17:31 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 4 false false Sat Jul 01 00:00:00 -0700 2006 Fri Nov 02 11:29:10 -0700 2007 Thu Mar 06 23:24:59 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 6 false false Thu Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Wed Dec 10 05:56:05 -0800 2008 Fri Dec 19 08:03:28 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 4 false false Sun Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Apr 02 11:13:44 -0700 2008 Sun Jun 01 08:07:48 -0700 2008 Well, I understand why this got a Pulitzer. I hope every student is having to read it in high school. I'm afraid they're not.

Although Diamond's main purpose is to answer the question "Why did the peoples of some continents conquer and dispossess others?" in a non-racist f...more...]]> 5 3 false false Sat Jan 01 00:00:00 -0800 2005 Wed Mar 12 16:14:41 -0700 2008 Wed Mar 12 16:16:38 -0700 2008 more...]]> 3 4 false false Thu Nov 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Sep 27 15:08:13 -0700 2007 Tue Jan 15 11:47:10 -0800 2008 more...]]> 5 2 false false Tue Feb 01 00:00:00 -0800 2000 Mon Dec 15 00:30:10 -0800 2008 Mon Dec 15 00:31:52 -0800 2008 more...]]> 2 3 false false Wed May 14 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed May 07 15:20:04 -0700 2008 Tue Jun 03 07:29:02 -0700 2008
"But Rhiannon," you might say, "doesn't that remove his entire thesis, that geography dete...more...]]> 4 2 false false Thu May 24 05:29:55 -0700 2007 Fri Sep 19 09:43:12 -0700 2008 Guns, Germs and Steel is a good book, and I suggest you follow up with reading Collapse: How Societies Choose to Fail or Succeed.

However, if you find yourself interested in primatology and evolutionary biology, I don't suggest you read Diamond's The Third Chimpanzee. Instead, I recomme...more...]]> 3 1 false false Thu May 01 00:00:00 -0700 2008 Wed Nov 19 11:34:26 -0800 2008 Tue Nov 25 11:29:32 -0800 2008 1
In het nederlands: "Zwaarden, paarden en ziektekiemen" Ik heb de Engelse versie gelezen.

Ik heb dit boek als luisterboek beluisterd ipv gelezen. Na het lezen van "Ondergang" of "Collapse", had ik trek naar meer Jared Diamond. ...more...]]> 3 1 false false Thu Aug 21 12:06:20 -0700 2008 Thu Aug 21 13:43:26 -0700 2008
Jared Diamond's prose is very readable but prolix. How, one might ask, could I find prolix a book which purpor...more...]]> 4 1 false false Sun Apr 27 12:59:49 -0700 2008 Wed Apr 30 16:50:27 -0700 2008
“I’ve set myself the modest task of trying to explain the broad pattern of human history, on all the continents, for the last...more...]]> 1 1 false false Thu Mar 01 00:00:00 -0800 2007 Fri Feb 29 16:50:11 -0800 2008 Thu Jun 05 02:52:49 -0700 2008 more...]]> http://www.goodreads.com/book_link/follow/8?book_id=1842