Title:
Guns, germs, and steel
Author:
Diamond, Jared M., host.
Publication Information:
[United States] : National Geographic, [2005]
Physical Description:
2 videodiscs (165 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Summary:
An epic detective story that offers a gripping expose on why the world is so unequal. Professor Jared Diamond traveled the globe for over 30 years trying to answer this question. Based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning book. Why did Eurasians conquer, displace, or decimate Native Americans, Australians, and Africans, instead of the reverse? Diamond dismantles racially based theories of human history by revealing the environmental factors actually responsible for history's broadest patterns.
General Note:
Videodisc release of a 2004 television program.
Based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning book.
Special features: Interactive maps; timelines; photo gallery.
Language:
English
Contents:
Disc. 1. episode 1. Out of Eden / produced & directed by Tim Lambert ; ep. 2. Conquest / produced & directed by Tim Lambert -- Disc 2. ep. 3. Into the tropics / director, Cassian Harrison ; special features.
Reading Level:
MPAA rating: Not rated.
Added Corporate Author:
ISBN:
9780792292555
UPC:
727994930082
Format :
DVD
