The great divide : nature and human nature in the Old World and the New /
Watson, Peter,
The great divide : nature and human nature in the Old World and the New / Peter Watson. - 1st U.S. ed. - New York : HarperCollins, 2012. - xxviii, 610 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
First published in Great Britain by Weidenfeld & Nicolson in 2012.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 549-584) and index.
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 gread 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.
9780061672453
Civilization.
World history.
Eastern Hemisphere.
Western Hemisphere.
909 / WAT/G
The great divide : nature and human nature in the Old World and the New / Peter Watson. - 1st U.S. ed. - New York : HarperCollins, 2012. - xxviii, 610 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
First published in Great Britain by Weidenfeld & Nicolson in 2012.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 549-584) and index.
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 gread 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.
9780061672453
Civilization.
World history.
Eastern Hemisphere.
Western Hemisphere.
909 / WAT/G