Guns, Germs, and Steel
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Binding: DVD
Brand: Warner Brothers
EAN: 9780792292555
Format: Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, DVD-Video, NTSC
ISBN: 0792292553
Label: National Geographic Video
Manufacturer: National Geographic Video
Number Of Items: 2
Publisher: National Geographic Video
Region Code: 1
Release Date: July 12, 2005
Running Time: 165 minutes
Sales Rank: 3047
Studio: National Geographic Video
Theatrical Release Date: 2005
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Based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning book and national best seller Guns Germs and Steel is 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 the biggest question of world history. Why is the world so unequal? The answers he found were simple yet extraordinary. Our destiny depends on geography and access to: Guns Germs and Steel. Weaving together anthropology and science with epic historical reenactments Guns Germs and Steel brings Diamond's fascinating theories to life and moves beyond the book to bring his ideas into the present day.Format: DVD MOVIE Genre: DOCUMENTARIES/MISC. UPC: 727994930082
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Is the balance of power in the world, the essentially unequal distribution of wealth and clout that has shaped civilization for centuries, a matter of survival of the fittest… or merely of the luckiest? In Guns, Germs, and Steel, UCLA professor (and author of the best-seller bearing the same title) Jared Diamond makes a compelling case for the latter. Diamond's theory is that the predominance of white Europeans (and Americans of European descent) over other cultures has nothing to do with racial superiority, as many have claimed, but is instead the result of nothing more, or less, than geographical coincidence. His argument, in a nutshell, is that the people who populated the Middle East's 'fertile crescent' thousands of years ago were the first farmers, blessed with abundant natural resources (native crops such as wheat and barley, domesticable animals like pigs, goats, sheep, and cows). When their descendents migrated to Europe and northern Africa, climates similar to the crescent's, those same assets, which were unavailable in most of the rest of the world, led to the flourishing of advanced civilizations in those places as well. Add to that their ability to control fire, and Europeans eventually developed the guns and steel (swords, trains, etc.) they used to conquer the planet (the devastating diseases they brought with them, like smallpox, were an unplanned 'benefit' to their subjugation of, for instance, Peru's native Incas). Spread out over three episodes and two discs and presented with National Geographic's usual style and thoroughness, the program uses location footage (from New Guinea, South America, Africa, and elsewhere), interviews, reenactments, maps, and Diamond's own participation to support his thesis. And while one might disagree with his conclusions, there is no doubt that Guns, Germs, and Steel is a provocative, classy piece of work. --Sam Graham
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- Unintended ConsequencesAs a child, I was taught that society was developed in the Fertile Crescent and migrated northwest ... Read More
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- Guns, Germs, and SteelWhy did some cultures expand faster than others? Why do some cultures have more power and wealth than ... Read More
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- Heartily recommend the book and the video, and especially both togetherJared Diamond's book "Guns, Germs and Steel" has had a profound impact on our understanding of human society, ... Read More
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- Simply an Awesome Eye OpenerMy eyes were open to things that I didnt even know influenced our civilization and culture. This DVD shows that ... Read More
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- Excellent production of an amazing bookThis 2-DVD set contains three episodes based on Jared Diamond's book of the same name. Re-enactments add drama, ... Read More
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