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LEADER: 01714cam a2200337 a 4500
001 2012288077
003 DLC
005 20130615075315.0
008 121011s2012 nyuab b 001 0 eng d
010 $a 2012288077
020 $a9780061672453
020 $a0061672459
035 $a(OCoLC)ocn758391981
040 $aBTCTA$beng$cBTCTA$dBDX$dYDXCP$dKNJ$dORX$dOIP$dYBM$dDLC
042 $alccopycat
050 00 $aCB69$b.W37 2012b
082 04 $a909$223
100 1 $aWatson, Peter,$d1943-
245 14 $aThe great divide :$bnature and human nature in the Old World and the New /$cPeter Watson.
250 $a1st U.S. ed.
260 $aNew York :$bHarperCollins,$c2012.
300 $axxviii, 610 p. :$bill., maps ;$c24 cm.
500 $aFirst published in Great Britain by Weidenfeld & Nicolson in 2012.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 549-584) and index.
505 0 $aIntroduction: 15000 BC-AD 1500 : a unique period in human history -- How the first Amerians differed from Old World peoples -- How nature differs in the Old World and the New -- Why human nature evolved differently in the Old World and the New -- Conclusion: The shaman and shepherd : the gread divide -- Appendix 1: The (never-ending) dispute of the New World -- Appendix 2 (available online): From 100,000 kin groups to 190 sovereign states : some patterns in cultural evolution.
650 0 $aCivilization.
650 0 $aWorld history.
651 0 $aEastern Hemisphere.
651 0 $aWestern Hemisphere.
856 42 $3Contributor biographical information$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1303/2012288077-b.html
856 42 $3Publisher description$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy1303/2012288077-d.html