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人类社会的命运

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An edition of Guns, germs, and steel (1991)

枪炮、病菌与钢铁

人类社会的命运

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为什么现代社会中的财富和权力的分配,是以今天这种面貌呈现,而非其他形式?为何越过大洋进行杀戮、征服和灭绝的,不是美洲、非洲的土著,而是欧洲人和亚洲人?各族群间的生活差异为何如此之大? 对于现代人类、国家间的种种不平等现象,史学家往往存而不论,而在这部作品中,作者为许多大家熟悉以及想当然的答案赋予了截然不同的含义。

远古时期,各大陆上的人类社会的发展开始分道扬镳。中国、中美洲、美国东南部和其他地区对野生动植物的早期驯化,使这些地区的各个族群获得了一种领先优势。 为什么小麦和玉米、牛和猪以及现代世界的其他一些“了不起的”作物和牲畜出现在 这些特定地区,而不是出现在其他地区?人们对这个问题的理解至今仍停留在依稀隐约之间。诚然,农业与放牧出现在局部地区,只是对不同族群的不同命运的部分解释,重要的是,发展水平超过狩猎采集阶段的社会,就有可能发展出文字、技术、政府、有组织的宗教,同时也更有可能发展出凶恶的病菌和战争中的强大武器。正是这样的社会在海洋和陆地上进行冒险,以牺牲其他民族为代价,向新的家园不断扩张,人们最熟悉的例子就是欧洲人在过去500年中对非欧洲民族的征服。开始时,这些欧洲人只是想通过航海去寻找贵金属和香料,结果却常常导致对土著人土地的入侵,并通过屠杀和带来的疾病大批消灭了土著居民。

在这部开创性的著作中,演化生物学家、人类学家贾雷德•戴蒙德揭示了事实上有助于形成历史最广泛模式的环境因素,从而以震撼人心的力量摧毁了以种族主义为基础的人类史理论。本书是理解人类社会发展史方面的一个重大进展,它记录了现代世界及其诸多不平等所以形成的原因,也是一部真正关于全世界各民族的历史,是对人类生活的完整一贯的叙述,具有很强的可读性。本书与戴蒙德的其他两部著作《崩溃》、《第三种黑猩猩》一起堪称为“人类大历史”。本书在2005年国外原版的基础上修订出版,新增“日本人乃何许人也”一章。

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Guns, Germs and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies
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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.

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A suitable starting point from which to compare historical developments on the different continents is around 11,000 B.C.
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