THE WORLD UNTIL YESTERDAY; What Can We Learn From Traditional Societies?
New York: Viking, 2012. Photos color & B&W. First Edition, First Printing. Cloth and boards. Tall 8vo, dark gray quarter cloth with gold lettering on spine over light gray boards, archival polyester-protected photographic dust jacket (price-clipped) with image of a woman and child in a mountain village, illustrated with 16 pages of glossy color & 16pp. of glossy B&W photos; 499 pages. Weight: 1 lb. 14.5 oz. Fine / Near Fine. Item #9448
ISBN: 9780670024810
Jared Diamond (born 1937) is an American geographer, historian, anthropologist, ornithologist, and author best known for his popular science books The Third Chimpanzee (1991); Guns, Germs, and Steel (1997, awarded a Pulitzer Prize); Collapse (2005), and The World Until Yesterday (2012), among others.
The World Until Yesterday explores what people living in the Western world can learn from traditional societies, including differing approaches to conflict resolution, treatment of the elderly, childcare, the benefits of multilingualism and a lower salt intake.
SUPERIOR CONDITION: tight, bright, clean. Near Fine slightly rubbed dust jacket (price-clipped).
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