Resources Tagged: Civilization
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1997-01-01 In this "artful, informative, and delightful" (William H. McNeill,New York Review of Books) book, Jared Diamond convincingly argues that geographical and environmental factors shaped the modern world. Societies that had had a head start in food production advanced beyond the hunter-gatherer...
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1974-01-01 The author develops the global predicament of man today, confronted with runaway populations, obliterative weaponry, and a closing environmental vise.