The world until yesterday : (Record no. 24526)

MARC details
ISBN
International Standard Book Number 978-0141024486
ISBN
International Standard Book Number 0143124404
DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Call number 305.899/12
MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL AUTHOR
Authors Diamond, Jared.
TITLE STATEMENT
Title The world until yesterday :
Subtitle what can we learn from traditional societies? /
Statement of responsibility, etc. Jared Diamond.
PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT)
Place of publication London :
Publisher Penguin Books,
Date 2013.
PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent xi, 499 p. :
Other Details col. ill. ;
Size 20 cm.
GENERAL NOTE
General note Reveals how tribal societies offer a window into how our ancestors lived for millions of years and provides insights into human nature.
BIBLIOGRAPHY, ETC. NOTE
Note Includes bibliographical references (p. 471-481) and index.
SUMMARY
Summary Most of us take for granted the features of our modern society, from air travel and telecommunications to literacy and obesity. Yet for nearly all of its six million years of existence, human society had none of these things. While the gulf that divides us from our primitive ancestors may seem unbridgeably wide, we can glimpse much of our former lifestyle in those largely traditional societies still or recently in existence. Societies like those of the New Guinea Highlanders remind us that it was only yesterday, in evolutionary time, when everything changed, and that we moderns still possess bodies and social practices often better adapted to traditional than to modern conditions. This book provides a firsthand picture of the human past as it had been for millions of years, a past that has mostly vanished, and considers what the differences between that past and our present mean for our lives today. The author does not romanticize traditional societies, after all, we are shocked by some of their practices, but he finds that their solutions to universal human problems such as child rearing, elder care, dispute resolution, risk, and physical fitness have much to teach us.
SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical Heading Dani (New Guinean people)
General History.
SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical Heading Dani (New Guinean people)
General Social life and customs.
SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical Heading Dani (New Guinean people)
General Cultural assimilation.
SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical Heading Social evolution
Form Papua New Guinea.
SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical Heading Social change
Form Papua New Guinea.
SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical Heading Dani (New Guinean people)
General History.
SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical Heading Dani (New Guinean people)
General Social life and customs.
SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM
Topical Heading Social change
Form Papua New Guinea.
ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS
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Public note Location Map
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28/05/2017 1 305.89912 DI WO T0016157 27/04/2017 65.00 26/01/2017 REGULAR   Dewey Decimal Classification       University of Wollongong in Dubai University of Wollongong in Dubai Main Collection 10/09/2014 Kinokuniya