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  Title

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

  Author

  Watson, Peter, 1943-  

  Publisher:

  HarperCollins,

  Pub date:

  2012, c2011.

  Pages:

  xxviii, 610 p. :

  ISBN:

  9780061672453

  1 copy available in Standard shelving location.
  1 copy total in all locations.

  • 9780061672453
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    CB 69 .W378 2012	1	Book	Standard shelving location

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  The great divide : nature and human nature in the Old World and the New
  Watson, Peter, 1943-
  
  
  

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  Personal Author:

  Watson, Peter, 1943-

  Title:

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

  Edition:

  1st U.S. ed.

  Publication info:

  New York : HarperCollins, 2012, c2011.

  Physical description:

  xxviii, 610 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.

  General Note:

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

  Contents:

  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 great 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.

  Held by:

  MAIN

  Subject term:

  Civilization.

  Subject term:

  World history.

  Geographic term:

  Eastern Hemisphere.

  Geographic term:

  Western Hemisphere.