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The world until yesterday : what can we learn from traditional societies? / Jared Diamond. |
| Authors: | Diamond, Jared M. |
| Call number: | 305.89912 DIA |
| Publisher: | New York : Viking, c2012. |
| Publication date: | c2012. |
| Subject: |
Dani (New Guinean people) -- History.
Dani (New Guinean people) -- Social life and customs. Dani (New Guinean people) -- Cultural assimilation. Social evolution. Social change -- Papua New Guinea. Papua New Guinea -- Social life and customs. |
| Title: | The world until yesterday : what can we learn from traditional societies? / Jared Diamond. |
| Physical description: | xi, 499 p., [32] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps ; 25 cm. |
| Contents note: | Prologue : at the airport -- pt. 1. Setting the stage by dividing space. Friends, enemies, strangers, and traders -- pt. 2. Peace and war. Compensation for the death of a child ; A short chapter, about a tiny war ; A longer chapter, about many wars -- pt. 3. Young and old. Bringing up children ; The treatment of old people : cherish, abandon, or kill? -- pt. 4. Danger and response. Constructive paranoia ; Lions and other dangers -- pt. 5. Religion, language, and health. What electric eels tell us about the evolution of religion ; Speaking in many tongues ; Salt, sugar, far, and sloth -- Epilogue : at another airport. |
| Summary note: | Diamond reveals how tribal societies offer an extraordinary window into how our ancestors lived for millions of years -- until virtually yesterday, in evolutionary terms -- and provide unique, often overlooked insights into human nature. |
| Biography note: | Includes bibliographical references (p. 471-481) and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780670024810 0670024813 9780670785896 (export ed.) 067078589X (export ed.) |
| LCCN: | 2012018386 |
| Url for this record: | http://sherloc.imcpl.org/?itemid=|library/marc/dynix|1411203 |
| Bib No.: | 1411203 |
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