Diamond, Jared M. <br/><br/>
Guns, germs, and steel :  the fates of human societies / 
Jared Diamond ; [with a new afterword about the modern world]. 
 - New York :  Norton,  1999. 
 - 494 p. :  ill., maps ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/> Afterword dated 2003: cf. p. 426. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 442-471) and index. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0393317552 (pbk.) 
<br/><br/><label>LCCN: </label>2005284124 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Social evolution.<br/>Civilization--History.<br/>Ethnology.<br/>Human beings--Effect of environment on.<br/>Culture diffusion.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>HM206  / .D48 1999 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>303.4