Description |
2 videodiscs (165 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
System Details |
DVD, region 1, widescreen presentation; Dolby Digital. |
Cast |
Hosted by Jared Diamond, narrated by Peter Coyote. |
Credits |
Editor, James Gold, Simon Greenwood ; cinematography, Pieter de Vries, Steve Gray. |
Note |
Based on the Pulitzer Prize-winning book by Jared Diamon. |
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. |
Audience |
Not rated. |
Contents |
Disc. 1. Out of Eden ; Conquest -- Disc 2. Into the tropics ; Special features. |
Note |
Special features: Interactive maps; Timelines; Photo gallery. |
Language |
English dialogue; closed-captioned. |
Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
Subject |
Social evolution.
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Civilization -- History.
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Ethnology.
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Human beings -- Effect of environment on.
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Ecology -- Effect of human beings on.
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Culture diffusion.
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Genre/Form |
Documentary television programs.
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Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
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Added Author |
Diamond, Jared M. Host.
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Lambert, Tim. Producer. Director.
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Harrison, Cassian. Producer. Director.
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Coyote, Peter. Narrator.
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Diamond, Jared M.
Guns, germs, and steel.
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Lion Television Ltd.
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National Geographic Television & Film.
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National Geographic Society (U.S.)
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ISBN |
0792292553 |
Standard No. |
727994930082 |
Music No. |
G93008 National Geographic |
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