The Resource The great divide : history and human nature in the Old World and the New, Peter Watson
The great divide : history and human nature in the Old World and the New, Peter Watson
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The item The great divide : history and human nature in the Old World and the New, Peter Watson represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Randwick City Library.
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- Summary
- Compares and contrasts the development of humankind in the old world and the new between 15,000 B.C. and 1500 A.D., and cites climate, domesticable animals, and hallucinogenic plants as the reasons for the discrepancy"--Provided by publisher
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- Pbk. ed.
- Extent
- xxviii, 610 s.
- Contents
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- 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
- Isbn
- 9780753828458
- Label
- The great divide : history and human nature in the Old World and the New
- Title
- The great divide
- Title remainder
- history and human nature in the Old World and the New
- Statement of responsibility
- Peter Watson
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Compares and contrasts the development of humankind in the old world and the new between 15,000 B.C. and 1500 A.D., and cites climate, domesticable animals, and hallucinogenic plants as the reasons for the discrepancy"--Provided by publisher
- Cataloging source
- DKDLA
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1943-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Watson, Peter
- Dewey number
- 909
- Index
- index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorDate
- 1943-
- http://library.link/vocab/relatedWorkOrContributorName
- Watson, Peter
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
-
- World history
- Civilization
- Eastern Hemisphere
- Western Hemisphere
- Label
- The great divide : history and human nature in the Old World and the New, Peter Watson
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 549-586) and index
- 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
- Control code
- 000050585714
- Edition
- Pbk. ed.
- Extent
- xxviii, 610 s.
- Isbn
- 9780753828458
- Isbn Type
- (pbk.)
- Other physical details
- ill., maps.
- System control number
- (OCoLC)826631637
- Label
- The great divide : history and human nature in the Old World and the New, Peter Watson
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 549-586) and index
- 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
- Control code
- 000050585714
- Edition
- Pbk. ed.
- Extent
- xxviii, 610 s.
- Isbn
- 9780753828458
- Isbn Type
- (pbk.)
- Other physical details
- ill., maps.
- System control number
- (OCoLC)826631637
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