Gurdur

Actually, I was disappointed with Guns, Germs and Steel.

IMHO, a much better book, predating Diamond's one, but on the same topic, is Ecological Imperialism : The Biological Expansion of Europe, 900-1900, by Alfred W. Crosby.
Comparing apples and oranges. Doesn't work.

villainess

That, and every single incoming freshman at Cornell University had to read it a couple of years back. I didn't notice that it made the frosh any smarter to speak of but it made it easy to get a cheap copy in June....

I rather liked it, although admittedly I already knew the general gist of what it had to say.

the_villainess

Spenser

Actually it works perfectly if what you are trying to show is how different they are. Thanks for the supporting analogy...

judge

Thanks for the recommendation of this book!
I too have been reading GGS. I'm about 3/4 through. I was recommended it by an evilutionist on another forum and although I'm a cretinist, I had a lot of respect for this evilutionist so took up his suggestion to read it.

Problem is I just tend to see providence! yikes!

But i may check out this book as well.

Ab_Normal

I got mine at a library sale for fifty cents. I'll have to make sure they still have a copy. (I wouldn't put it past the Spokane County Library system to be purging that type of book. Goobers.)

Ditto the recommendations. I've used it a few times to rebut the "life in the tropics is easier, that's why they don't have 'advanced' cultures" argument. (At least my husband was gracious in defeat.)

Walross

Yes! This was such a good book that I read it twice in the space of 3 months.

Though I quite liked GG&S as well.

Walross

Spenser

Once again no one wants to argue about how the conclusion in this book on how cultures and societies around the world are traced as far back as 15,000 years ago completely negates any chance of a 6000 - 10,000 year old world much less a global flood?

Thought so...