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

Diamond, Jared

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 0141024488 ISBN 13 : 9780141024486

Editeur : Penguin, 2013

Synopsis

By Diamond, Jared ( Author ) [ The World Until Yesterday: What Can We Learn from Traditional Societies? By Oct-2013 Paperback

A propos du livre

Revue de presse

A fascinating survey of a rapidly fading world (Economist)

Jared Diamond is one of the few people who have changed the way we see human nature and our history (Independent (BOOK OF THE WEEK))

Fascinating... a clear-eyed examination of life in traditional societies (Sunday Telegraph (BOOK OF THE WEEK))

Moving, well-told and fascinating.... The wide scope of the book means that almost everyone will find something of interest (Financial Times)

In The World Until Yesterday, Diamond cements his position as the most considered, courageous and sensitive teller of the human story writing today.... Diamond offers inimitable insight into our cultural history through the study of tribal communities, and an entertaining account of the human struggle.... Essential reading for anyone interested in the genesis of modern life (Independent on Sunday)

Fascinating... thought-provoking... A broad sweep through all humanity (Daily Telegraph (FIVE STARS))

The world has been waiting for this book (Times Higher Education)

One of the most interesting and arresting writers of our age.... The vast scope of his analysis, coupled with a lifetime's worth of personal insights, makes it fiercely persuasive (The Mail on Sunday)

Diamond's latest foray into a field that he has virtually made his own will be eagerly awaited by a global army of loyal readers (Observer)

A warm and reflective study... [Diamond] is a master of at least nine academic disciplines, from anthropology to ornithology, and the subject of his books is never less than everything (Bryan Appleyard Sunday Times)

Présentation de l'éditeur

The no. 1 bestselling author of Collapse and Guns, Germs and Steel explores the profound lessons that traditional societies offer us todayOver the past 500 years, the West achieved global dominance, but do Westerners necessarily have better ideas about how to raise children, care for the elderly, or simply live well? In this epic journey into our past, Jared Diamond reveals that traditional societies around the world offer an extraordinary window into how our ancestors lived for the majority of human history - until virtually yesterday, in evolutionary terms. Drawing on decades of his own fieldwork, Diamond explores how tribal people approach essential human problems, from health and diet to conflict resolution and language, and discovers they have much to teach us.Jared Diamond is the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of the seminal million-copy-bestseller Guns, Germs, and Steel, which was named one of TIME's best non-fiction books of all time, and Collapse, a #1 international bestseller. A professor of geography at UCLA and noted polymath, Diamond's work has been influential in the fields of anthropology, biology, ornithology, ecology and history, among others.

À propos de cette édition

• Éditeur: Penguin
• Date d'édition: 2013
• ISBN 10: 0141024488
• ISBN 13: 9780141024486
• Reliure: Broché
• Numéro d'édition: 1
• Nombre de pages: 512