The great divide : nature and human nature in the Old World and the New /

Watson, Peter, 1943-

The great divide : nature and human nature in the Old World and the New / Peter Watson. - 1st U.S. ed. - New York : HarperCollins, 2012. - xxviii, 610 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.

First published in Great Britain by Weidenfeld & Nicolson in 2012.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 549-584) and index.

Introduction: 15000 BC-AD 1500 : a unique period in human history -- How the first Amerians differed from Old World peoples -- How nature differs in the Old World and the New -- Why human nature evolved differently in the Old World and the New -- Conclusion: The shaman and shepherd : the gread divide -- Appendix 1: The (never-ending) dispute of the New World -- Appendix 2 (available online): From 100,000 kin groups to 190 sovereign states : some patterns in cultural evolution.

0061672459 9780061672453

2012288077


Civilization.
World history.


Eastern Hemisphere.
Western Hemisphere.

CB69 / .W37 2012b

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