print email comment close Guns, Germs and Steel URL: http://www.pbs.org/gunsgermssteel/ Description: "Based on Jared Diamond's Pulitzer Prize-winning book of the same name, 'Guns, Germs and Steel' traces humanity's journey over the last 13,000 years" with a focus on understanding "the roots of global inequality." Features descriptions of and transcripts from episodes of the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) show, essays related to topics explored in the book (such as crops, domesticated animals, and smallpox), recommended books and websites, and lesson plans. Publisher: Lion Television Extra Keywords Papua New Guinea Spanish Conquistadors steel weapons geography poverty malaria Library of Congress Subject Headings: Civilization -- History Culture diffusion Ethnology Human beings -- Effect of environment on Social evolution LII Database Information: Record 10854 created by Jennifer English on 07/07/2005 Last modification on 07/12/2005 Published: 07/07/2005   Funding agency: California State Library LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/10854