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Guns, germs, and steel [videorecording] / produced by Lion TV for National Geographic Television & Film ; produced and directed by Tim Lambert, Cassian Harrison.

Diamond, Jared M. (Added Author). Lambert, Tim. (Added Author). Harrison, Cassian. (Added Author). Coyote, Peter. (Added Author). Diamond, Jared M. Guns, germs, and steel. (Added Author). Lion Television Ltd. (Added Author). National Geographic Television & Film. (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.

Record details

  • ISBN: 0792292553
  • ISBN: 9780792292555
  • Physical Description: 2 videodiscs (165 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
  • Publisher: [United States] : National Geographic : c2004.

Content descriptions

General Note:
Based on the book by Jared Diamond.
Based on the book: Guns, germs, and steel : the fates of human societies / by Jared Diamond.
Title from container and discs.
Originally broadcast as a television program in 2005.
Special features include interactive maps, timelines and photo gallery.
Special features: Interactive maps; timelines; photo gallery.
Formatted Contents Note:
Disc 1. Episode 1. Out of Eden. -- Episode 2. Conquest -- Disc 2. Episode 3. Into the Tropics -- Special features.
Participant or Performer Note:
Hosted by Jared Diamond ; narrated by Peter Coyote.
System Details Note:
DVD.
Language Note:
Closed-captioned.
Subject: Documentary films.
Ethnology.
Social evolution.
Ecology > Effect of human beings on.
Culture diffusion.
Civilization > History.
Human beings > Effect of environment on.
Civilization > History.
Ethnology.
Culture diffusion.
Human beings > Effect of environment on.
Social evolution.
Genre: Video recordings for the hearing impaired.
Videorecordings for the hearing impaired.

Available copies

  • 1 of 1 copy available at Camosun College Library.

Holds

  • 0 current holds with 1 total copy.
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Location Call Number / Copy Notes Barcode Shelving Location Circulation Modifier Holdable? Status Due Date Courses
Lansdowne Library HM 206 G86 2004 (Text) 26040002917256 Media Volume hold Available -


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