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Guns, germs and steel : the fates of human societies

by Jared Diamond

This study examines the root causes of global inequality by analysing the environmental and geographical factors that influenced the development of human civilisations over thousands of years.

Accession 6608 ISBN 9780393317558 Publisher W. W. Norton & Co.
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