The great divide : nature and human nature in the Old World and the New / Peter Watson.
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TextPublication details: New York : HarperCollins, 2012.Edition: 1st U.S. edDescription: xxviii, 610 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cmISBN: - 0061672459
- 9780061672453
- 909 23
- CB69 .W37 2012b
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قاعة الانسانيات - الدور الثاني | المكتبة المركزبة الجديدة - جامعة القاهرة | 909 W3415 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | C.1 | Available | 01000110197817000 |
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.
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