The World Until Yesterday: What Can We Learn from Traditional Societies?
Language: English
Published by Viking Press, 2012
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Very Good. 2012 Viking Press. This is an Advanced Uncorrected Proof. Copyright 2013. SIGNED by author on half-title page. Signature only. Softcover. 485 pages. Binding tight. Spine NOT creased. Covers have light edge and surface wear. Covers lightly curled at corners. Pages lightly and uniformly tanned but still supple. Pages clean and unmarked. Carefully packed, shipped in a box.
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- Title
- The World Until Yesterday: What Can We Learn from Traditional Societies?
- Author
- Diamond, Jared
- Publisher
- Viking Press
- Publication year
- 2012
- Condition
- Very Good
- Signed
- signed by author
- Binding
- Soft cover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0670024813
- ISBN 13
- 9780670024810
- Seller catalogs
- ARC, Signed, Sociology and Culture
The World Until Yesterday provides a mesmerizing firsthand picture of the human past as it had been for millions of yearsa past that has mostly vanishedand considers what the differences between that past and our present mean for our lives today.
This is Jared Diamonds most personal book to date, as he draws extensively from his decades of field work in the Pacific islands, as well as evidence from Inuit, Amazonian Indians, Kalahari San people, and others. Diamond doesnt romanticize traditional societiesafter all, we are shocked by some of their practicesbut he finds that their solutions to universal human problems such as child rearing, elder care, dispute resolution, risk, and physical fitness have much to teach us. A characteristically provocative, enlightening, and entertaining book, The World Until Yesterday will be essential and delightful reading.
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