The world until yesterday : what can we learn from traditional societies? /
Diamond, Jared M,
The world until yesterday : what can we learn from traditional societies? / Jared Diamond. - xi, 499 páginas : ilustraciones
Incluye bibliografía.
pt. 1 Setting the stage by dividing space -- ch. 1 Friends, enemies, strangers, and traders -- pt. 2 Peace and war -- ch. 2 Compensation for the death of a child -- ch. 3 A short chapter, about a tiny war -- ch. 4 A longer chapter, about many wars -- pt. 3 Young and old -- ch. 5 Bringing up children -- ch. 6 The treatment of old people : cherish, abandon, or kill? -- pt. 4 Danger and response -- ch. 7 Constructive paranoia -- ch. 8 Lions and other dangers -- pt. 5 Religion, language, and health -- ch. 9 What electric eels tell us about the evolution of religion -- ch. 10 Speaking in many tongues -- ch. 11 Salt, sugar, fat, and sloth.
Draws on Diamond´s near five decades in New Guinea as well as evidence from Inuit, Amazonian Indians and other cultures, exploring how tribal peoples approach essential human problems.
9780713998986 9781846147586
Cambio social.
Civilización.
Tribus.--Papua (Nueva Guinea).
303.4 / D537w 2012
The world until yesterday : what can we learn from traditional societies? / Jared Diamond. - xi, 499 páginas : ilustraciones
Incluye bibliografía.
pt. 1 Setting the stage by dividing space -- ch. 1 Friends, enemies, strangers, and traders -- pt. 2 Peace and war -- ch. 2 Compensation for the death of a child -- ch. 3 A short chapter, about a tiny war -- ch. 4 A longer chapter, about many wars -- pt. 3 Young and old -- ch. 5 Bringing up children -- ch. 6 The treatment of old people : cherish, abandon, or kill? -- pt. 4 Danger and response -- ch. 7 Constructive paranoia -- ch. 8 Lions and other dangers -- pt. 5 Religion, language, and health -- ch. 9 What electric eels tell us about the evolution of religion -- ch. 10 Speaking in many tongues -- ch. 11 Salt, sugar, fat, and sloth.
Draws on Diamond´s near five decades in New Guinea as well as evidence from Inuit, Amazonian Indians and other cultures, exploring how tribal peoples approach essential human problems.
9780713998986 9781846147586
Cambio social.
Civilización.
Tribus.--Papua (Nueva Guinea).
303.4 / D537w 2012