L'autore di bestseller n. 1 di crollo e armi, acciaio e malattie esplora le profonde lezioni che le società tradizionali ci offrono oggi negli ultimi 500 anni, l'occidente ha raggiunto il predominio globale, ma gli occidentali hanno necessariamente idee migliori su come crescere i figli, prendersi cura degli anziani o semplicemente vivere bene? in questo epico viaggio nel nostro passato, jared diamond rivela che le società tradizionali in tutto il mondo offrono una straordinaria finestra su come i nostri antenati hanno vissuto per la maggior parte della storia umana, fino a praticamente ieri, in termini evolutivi. Basandosi su decenni di lavoro sul campo, diamond esplora il modo in cui le popolazioni tribali affrontano problemi umani essenziali, dalla salute e dalla dieta alla risoluzione dei conflitti e alla lingua, e scopre che hanno molto da insegnarci. Jared diamond è l'autore vincitore del premio pulitzer del bestseller seminale da milioni di copie armi, acciaio e malattie, che è stato nominato uno dei migliori libri di saggistica di tutti i tempi da time, e di crollo, un bestseller internazionale n. 1. Professore di geografia alla ucla e noto erudito, il lavoro di diamond ha avuto un impatto significativo nei campi dell'antropologia, della biologia, dell'ornitologia, dell'ecologia e della storia, tra gli altri.
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Jared Diamond is the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of the seminal million-copy-bestseller Guns, Germs, and Steel, which was named one of Time magazine's best non-fiction books of all time, Collapse, a No. 1 international bestseller, and The World Until Yesterday, among other books. A professor of geography at UCLA and noted polymath, Diamond's work has been influential in the fields of anthropology, biology, ornithology, ecology and history, among others.
Reveals that traditional societies around the world offer an extraordinary window into how our ancestors lived for the majority of human history in evolutionary terms. This book explores how tribal people approach essential human problems, from health and diet to conflict resolution and language.
From the author of No.1 international bestseller Collapse, a mesmerizing portrait of the human past that offers profound lessons for how we can live today
Visionary, prize-winning author Jared Diamond changed the way we think about the rise and fall of human civilizations with his previous international bestsellers Guns, Germs and Steel and Collapse. Now he returns with another epic - and groundbreaking - journey into our rapidly receding past. In The World Until Yesterday, Diamond reveals how traditional societies around the world offer an extraordinary window onto how our ancestors lived for the majority of human history - until virtually yesterday, in evolutionary terms - and provide unique, often overlooked insights into human nature.
Drawing extensively on his decades working in the jungles of Papua New Guinea, Diamond explores how tribal societies approach essential human problems, from childrearing to conflict resolution to health, and discovers we have much to learn from traditional ways of life. He unearths remarkable findings - from the reason why modern afflictions like diabetes, obesity and Alzheimer's are virtually non-existent in tribal societies to the surprising benefits of multilingualism. Panoramic in scope and thrillingly original, The World Until Yesterday provides an enthralling first-hand picture of the human past that also suggests profound lessons for how to live well today.
Jared Diamond is the Pulitzer Prize-winning author of the seminal million-copy-bestseller Guns, Germs, and Steel, which was named one of TIME's best non-fiction books of all time, and Collapse, a #1 international bestseller. A professor of geography at UCLA and noted polymath, Diamond's work has been influential in the fields of anthropology, biology, ornithology, ecology and history, among others.
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