Guns, germs, and steel [digital videorecording] [WorldCat Entities]

"Crucible of civilization"@en
"C-SPAN archives"
"Clash of civilizations"@en
"Guns, germs & steel"@en
"Haves and have-nots"@en

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"An epic detective story that offers a gripping expose on why the world is so unequal. Professor Jared Diamond traveled the globe for over 30 years trying to answer this question. Why did Eurasians conquer, displace, or decimate Native Americans, Australians, and Africans, instead of the reverse? Diamond dismantles racially based theories of human history by revealing the environmental factors actually responsible for history's broadest patterns."
"This documentary is based on the Pulitzer Prize winning book of the same title by Jared Diamond. He has spent over 30 years, travelling the globe in search of answers to the question of why the world is so unequal. He has journeyed across five continents, from the jungles of P.N.G. to the snow-capped peaks of Peru. Professor Diamond has delved deep into the past and explored the very roots of power in the modern world, i.e., how guns, germs and steel have shaped the history of the world. His quest is to understand why one people, Europeans have conquered so much of the world. In his view, the roots of European triumphs stretched back thousands of years and rest on the power of geography. His quest is also to understand the great forces of human history, the lives of individual human beings who lie at the heart of this world. Finally, the questions which still remain are, why the world is divided between rich and poor; and how this inequality could perhaps be changed. To recreate the essence of the book, this film uses epic and stylish dramatic reconstructions, the latest in digital computer graphics, together with stunning and entertaining footage of the natural world."
"Mr. Diamond talks about his book "Guns, germs and steel". The book summarizes world history and suggests reasons for European domination of the world since 1500. After his prepared remarks he took questions from the audience."
"An epic detective story that offers a gripping expose on why the world is so unequal. Professor Jared Diamond traveled the globe for over 30 years trying to answer this question. Based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning book."@en
"Explores the fascinating connections between geography, technology and global human development. This series spans 13,000 years of struggle and conquest."@en
"El profesor Jared Diamond recorre el mundo durante mas de treinta años para tratar de responderse la pregunta: ¿por qué los eurasiáticos conquistaron, desplazaron, o diezmaron a los nativos americanos, australianos y africanos, en lugar de lo contrario? Diamond desmonta las teorías raciales y revela los factores ambientales realmente responsables de los patrones más amplios de la historia."
"An epic detective story that offers a gripping expose on why the world is so unequal. Professor Jared Diamond traveled the globe for over 30 years trying to answer this question. Based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning book. Why did Eurasians conquer, displace, or decimate Native Americans, Australians, and Africans, instead of the reverse? Diamond dismantles racially based theories of human history by revealing the environmental factors actually responsible for history's broadest patterns."@en
"An epic detective story that offers a gripping expose on why the world is so unequal. Professor Jared Diamond traveled the globe for over 30 years trying to answer this question. Based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning book. Why did Eurasians conquer, displace, or decimate Native Americans, Australians, and Africans, instead of the reverse? Diamond dismantles racially based theories of human history by revealing the environmental factors actually responsible for history's broadest patterns."
"Explores the roots of power in the modern world, investigating how military force, lethal microbes and advanced technology shaped human history. Journeys across five continents to discover the sources and chart the evolution of human civilisation."
"An epic detective story that offers a gripping expose on why the world is so unequal. Professor Jared Diamond traveled the globe for over 30 years trying to answer this question."@en
""Based on the best-selling, Pulitzer Prize-winning book of the same title, and with its author, Jared Diamond, as our chief provocateur, Guns, Germs And Steel is an epic detective story that spans the globe. Journeying across five continents, the series goes in search of the very source of human civilisation, and charts its evolution."--ABC website."@en
""Based on the best-selling, Pulitzer Prize-winning book of the same title, and with its author, Jared Diamond, as our chief provocateur, Guns, Germs And Steel is an epic detective story that spans the globe. Journeying across five continents, the series goes in search of the very source of human civilisation, and charts its evolution."--ABC website."
"Professor Jared Diamond provides evidence showing that inequalities exist in the world based on geography and access to guns, germs and steel."@en
"Jared Diamond traces the journey of humanity over the last 13,000 years. He embarks on a global quest in an attempt to understand the roots of global inequalilty, why Europeans succeeded in conquering much of the planet, why the Chinese and Incas failed to become masters of the globe, and how the tropics became the centre of global poverty. During his search to uncover the factors which shaped the destiny of humanity, Diamond finds both his theories and his own endurance tested."
"This production explores the fascinating connection between geography, technology and global human development & spans 13,000 years of struggle and conquest."@en
"Dr. Diamond revisits his theories regarding why some cultures conquer other cultures and connects this to modern day examples of nations that are succeeding and those who are failing. He applies the theory to current business and institutional applications and demonstrates how the same forces that allowed the Aztecs to be overcome by Europeans are at work in today's developing, or failing, nations. Dr. Diamond describes how geographic features help a nation succeed and how the unequal distribution of grains and animals which lend themselves to domestication has made all the difference in the success of cultures. Includes a question and answer session with the author."
"Based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning book and national best seller. Professor Jared Diamond spent over 30 years trying to answer the biggest question of world history "Why is the world so unequal " The answers he found were simple yet extraordinary. Our destiny depends on geography and access to: Guns, Germs, and Steel. Combining anthropology and science with epic reenactments, Guns, Germs, and Steel brings Diamond's theories to life, and brings his ideas into the present day."@en