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The world until yesterday : what can we learn from traditional societies? / Jared Diamond.

Author: Diamond, Jared M.

Publisher: New York : Viking, 2012.

ISBN: 9780670024810 (hbk.)
0670024813 (hbk.)
9780670785896 (export ed.)
067078589X (export ed.)

Description: xi, 499 p. : ill. (some col.), maps ; 25 cm.

Subject: Dani (New Guinean people) History.
Dani (New Guinean people) Social life and customs.
Dani (New Guinean people) Cultural assimilation.
Social evolution Papua New Guinea.
Social change Papua New Guinea.
Papua New Guinea Social life and customs.

Contents: Prologue. At the airport -- pt. 1. Setting the stage by dividing space. Friends, enemies, strangers, and traders -- pt. 2. Peace and war. Compensation for the death of a child ; A short chapter, about a tiny war ; A longer chapter, about many wars -- pt. 3. Young and old. Bringing up children ; The treatment of old people : cherish, abandon, or kill? -- pt. 4. Danger and response. Constructive paranoia ; Lions and other dangers -- pt. 5. Religion, language, and health. What electric eels tell us about the evolution of religion ; Speaking in many tongues ; Salt, sugar, fat, and sloth -- Epilogue : At another airport.

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