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Скачать книгу (размер 2 605 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 512) Аннотация: Visionary, prize-winning author Jared Diamond changed the way we think about the rise and fall of human civilizations with his previous international bestsellers Guns, Germs and Steel and Collapse. Now he returns with another epic — and groundbreaking — journey into our rapidly receding past. In The World Until Yesterday, Diamond reveals how traditional societies around the world offer an…

Скачать книгу (размер 2 605 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 512) Аннотация: Over the past 500 years, the West achieved global dominance, but do Westerners necessarily have better ideas about how to raise children, care for the elderly, or simply live well? In this epic journey into our past, Jared Diamond reveals that traditional societies around the world offer an extraordinary window into how our ancestors lived for the majority of human history — until virtually…