The great divide : nature and human nature in the old world and the new / Peter Watson.

Compares and contrasts the development of humankind in the old world and the new between 15,000 B.C. and 1500 A.D., and cites climate, domesticable animals, and hallucinogenic plants as the reasons for the discrepancy.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Watson, Peter, 1943-
Language:English
Published: New York : Harper, 2012.
Edition:First U.S. edition.
Subjects:
Physical Description:xxviii, 610 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Format: Book

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505 0 |a Introduction: 15000 BC-AD 1500 : a unique period in human history -- How the first Amerians differed from Old World peoples -- How nature differs in the Old World and the New -- Why human nature evolved differently in the Old World and the New -- Conclusion: The shaman and shepherd : the gread divide -- Appendix 1: The (never-ending) dispute of the New World -- Appendix 2 (available online): From 100,000 kin groups to 190 sovereign states : some patterns in cultural evolution. 
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