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Guns, germs, and steel [videorecording] / based on the book by Jared Diamond ; series producer, Cassian Harrison ; produced by Lion TV for National Geographic Television & Film.

Diamond, Jared M. (Host). Lambert, Tim. (Producer, Director). Harrison, Cassian. (Producer, Director). Coyote, Peter. (Narrator). Diamond, Jared M. Guns, germs, and steel. (Added Author). Lion Television Ltd. (Added Author). National Geographic Television & Film. (Added Author). National Geographic Society (U.S.) (Added Author).

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.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0792292553
  • ISBN: 9780792292555
  • Physical Description: 2 videodiscs (165 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
  • Edition: Widescreen.
  • Publisher: [United States] : National Geographic, [2005]

Content descriptions

General Note:
Videodisc release of a 2004 television program.
Based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning book.
Special features: Interactive maps; timelines; photo gallery.
Formatted Contents Note:
Disc. 1. episode 1. Out of Eden / produced & directed by Tim Lambert ; ep. 2. Conquest / produced & directed by Tim Lambert -- Disc 2. ep. 3. Into the tropics / director, Cassian Harrison ; special features.
Creation/Production Credits Note:
Editor, James Gold, Simon Greenwood ; cinematography, Pieter de Vries, Steve Gray ; music, Moving Image Music ; narrator, Peter Coyote.
Participant or Performer Note:
Host and consultant, Jared Diamond.
Target Audience Note:
MPAA rating: Not rated.
System Details Note:
DVD, region 1, widescreen presentation; Dolby Digital.
Language Note:
Closed-captioned.
Subject: Social evolution.
Civilization > History.
Ethnology.
Human beings > Effect of environment on.
Ecology > Effect of human beings on.
Culture diffusion.
Genre: Documentary television programs.
Films for the hearing impaired.
Topic Heading: VIDEO BROWSE COLLECTION.

Available copies

  • 8 of 8 copies available at Sage Library System. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Grant County Public Libraries. (Show)
  • 1 of 1 copy available at Grant County Library.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 8 total copies.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Circulation Modifier Status Due Date Courses
Grant County Library DVD GUNS, GERMS, AND STEEL (Text) 37845000513619 Non-Fiction DVD Available -


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