Guns, germs, and steel / produced by Lion TV for National Geographic Television & Film ; series producer, Cassian Harrison.

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 this question. Based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning book. Why did Eurasians conquer, displace, or decimate Native Americans, Australians,...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors:	Lion Television Ltd National Geographic Television & Film National Geographic Society (U.S.)
Other Authors:	Harrison, Cassian (Producer, Director) Diamond, Jared M. (Host) Coyote, Peter (Narrator) Lambert, Tim, 1955- (Producer, Director)
Language:	English
Language and/or Writing System:	Closed-captioned.
Published:	[United States] : National Geographic, [2005]
Series:	Rovi Media Collection. Movies.
Subjects:	Social evolution. Civilization > History. Ethnology. Human beings > Effect of environment on. Ecology > Effect of human beings on. Culture diffusion. Television programs. Documentary television programs. Nonfiction television programs. Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Genre:	Television programs. Documentary television programs. Nonfiction television programs. Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Online Access:	Connect to: PBS information page - All users
Physical Description:	2 videodiscs (165 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Format:	Video DVD

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Summary:	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 this question. Based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning book. Why did Eurasians conquer, displace, or decimate Native Americans, Australians, and Africans, instead of the reverse? Diamond dismantles racially based theories of human history by revealing the environmental factors actually responsible for history's broadest patterns.
Note:	Based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning book by Jared Diamond. Special features: Interactive maps; timelines; photo gallery. Videorecording.
Call Number:	HM206 .G86 2005 VideoDVD CM5 D0052210 VideoDVD
Audience:	Not rated.
ISBN:	0792292553 9780792292555
Credits:	Editor, James Gold, Simon Greenwood ; cinematography, Pieter de Vries, Steve Gray ; music, Moving Image Music.
System Details:	DVD, region 1, widescreen presentation; Dolby Digital.
Participant or Performer:	Host and consultant: Jared Diamond ; narrator, Peter Coyote.
Event Details:	Originally broadcast in 2004.