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020 _a9781846147586
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082 _a303.4
_bDIA-W
100 _aDiamond, Jared
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245 _aWorld until yesterday :
_bwhat can we learn from traditional societies? /
_cJared Diamond
260 _bPenguin Books,
_c2012.
_aLondon:
300 _aix, 499 p.
505 _aIndhold: Setting the stage by dividing space (Friends, enemies, strangers, and traders). Peace and war (Compensation for the death of a child ; A shorth chapter, about a tiny war ; A longer chapter, about many wars). Young and old (Bringing up children ; The treatment of old people : cherish, abandon, or kill?). Danger and response (Constructive paranoia ; Lions and other dangers). Religion, language, and health (What electric eels tell us about the evolution of religion ; Speaking in many tongues ; Salt, sugar, fat, and sloth)
520 _aSocieties like those of the New Guinea Highlanders remind us that it was only yesterday, in evolutionary time, when everything changed and that we moderns still possess bodies and social practices often better adapted to traditional than to modern conditions. The book gives a picture of the human past as it had been for millions of years and considers what the differences between that past and our present mean for our lives today
650 _aSocial change
_919886
650 _aSocial change -- Papua New Guinea.
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