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    <title>Guns, germs, and steel</title>
    <subTitle>the fates of human societies</subTitle>
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    <dateIssued>1999</dateIssued>
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    <extent>498 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm.</extent>
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  <note type="statement of responsibility">Jared Diamond ; [with a new afterword about the modern world].</note>
  <note>Includes bibliographical references (pages 449-480) and index.</note>
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    <topic>Social evolution</topic>
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    <topic>Civilization</topic>
    <topic>History</topic>
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  <subject authority="lcsh">
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    <topic>Effect of environment on</topic>
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