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MACAT解读系列 对贾里德·戴蒙德《枪支，细菌与钢铁 人类社会的命运》的分析 An Analysis of Jared Diamond's Guns, Germs & Steel The Fate of Human Societies

Author：Riley Quinn

Paperback: 98 pages

Publisher: Macat Library; 1 edition ( 2017-7-4 )

Language: English

ISBN-10: 1912127970

ISBN-13: 978-1912127979

Product Dimensions: 12.9 x 0.6 x 19.8 cm

内容简介

In his 1997 work Guns, Germs and Steel, Jared Diamond marshals evidence from five continents and across 13,000 years of human history in an attempt to answer the question of why that history unfolded so differently in various parts of the globe. His results offer new explanations for why the unequal divisions of power and wealth so familiar to us today came into existence – and have persisted.

Balancing materials drawn from a vast range of sources, addressing core problems that have fascinated historians, anthropologists, biologists and geographers alike – and blending his analysis to create a compelling narrative that became an international best-seller and reached a broad general market – required a mastery of the critical thinking skill of reasoning that few other scholars can rival. Diamond’s reasoning skills allow him to persuade his readers of the value of his interdisciplinary approach and produce well-structured arguments that keep them turning pages even as he refocuses his analysis from one disparate example to another.

Diamond adds to that a spectacular ability to grasp the meaning of the available evidence produced by scholars in those widely different disciplines – making Guns, Germs and Steel equally valuable as an exercise in high-level interpretation. 

作者简介

Riley Quinn holds master’s degrees in politics and international relations from both LSE and the University of Oxford.

Riley Quinn，伦敦政治经济学院（LSE）、牛津大学的政治与国际关系硕士。