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Author:

Diamond, Jared M.

Title:

The world until yesterday [sound recording (CD)] : what can we learn from traditional societies? / Jared Diamond.

Format:

[sound recording (CD)] :

Publisher:

Penguin Audio,

Copyright Date:

2012

Description:

16 sound discs (18 hr., 30 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.

Subject:

Dani (New Guinean people)--History.
Dani (New Guinean people)--Social life and customs.
Dani (New Guinean people)--Cultural assimilation.
Social evolution.
Social change--Papua New Guinea.
Papua New Guinea--Social life and customs.

Other Authors:

Snyder, Jay.

Notes:

Unabridged.

Summary:

Drawing extensively from his field work in the Pacific Islands and with other people groups, Jared Diamond gives a firsthand picture of the human past as it had been for millions of years, a past that has mostly vanished, and what the differences between that past and our present modern society mean for our lives today.

ISBN:

1611761476
9781611761474

OCLC:

(OCoLC)796756328

Locations:

GBPF771 -- Ankeny Kirkendall Public Library (Ankeny)

PNAX964 -- Northeast Iowa Community College Library - Calmar (Calmar)

SAPG074 -- Cedar Falls Public Library (Cedar Falls)

TYPH572 -- Cedar Rapids Public Library (Cedar Rapids)

YTPG232 -- Clinton Public Library (Clinton)

CBPF522 -- Coralville Public Library (Coralville)

GYPE631 -- Knoxville Public Library (Knoxville)

TGPD826 -- LeClaire Community Library (Le Claire)

YEPF572 -- Marion Public Library (Marion)

GOPG641 -- Marshalltown Public Library (Marshalltown)

LAPH975 -- Sioux City Public Library (Sioux City)

GEPG771 -- West Des Moines Public Library (West Des Moines)