The World Until Yesterday: What Can We Learn from Traditional Societies?

by Jared Diamond

Book Overview

The bestselling author of Collapse and Guns, Germs and Steel surveys the history of human societies to answer the question: What can we learn from traditional societies that can make the world a better place for all of us?

"As he did in his Pulitzer Prize-winning Guns, Germs, and Steel, Jared Diamond continues to make us think with his mesmerizing and absorbing new book." Bookpage

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• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0143124404
• ISBN13: 9780143124405
• Release Date: October 2013
• Publisher: Penguin Books
• Length: 512 Pages
• Weight: 1.07 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.2" x 5.5" x 8.4"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher