num_pages: 480
description: 480 pages including index, dismantles racially based theories of human history by revealing the environmental factors responsible for history's patterns
language: English
title: Guns, Germs and Steel: A Short History of Everybody for the Last 13,000 Years
titlecomplete: Guns, Germs and Steel: A Short History of Everybody for the Last 13,000 Years
genres: Anthropology, Historical, Politics, Science, Nonfiction, Audiobook, World History, Economics, Sociology, History
ratings_count: 395691
series: Civilizations Rise and Fall
awards: awardedAt: 883641600000
name: Royal Society Science Book Prize
category: General Prize, awardedAt: 883641600000
name: Pulitzer Prize
category: General Nonfiction, awardedAt: 852105600000
name: California Book Award
category: Nonfiction (Gold), awardedAt: 978336000000
name: Puddly Award
category: History
publisher: Jonathan Cape