The great divide
Subtitle: nature and human nature in the Old World and the New
By: Peter Watson
Edition: 1st U.S. ed.
Publisher: HarperCollins
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 610
ISBN-13: 9780061672453
Subjects: World history; Civilization
Description: "Compares and contrasts the development of humankind in the old world and the new between 15,000 B.C. and 1500 A.D., and cites climate, domesticable animals, and hallucinogenic plants as the reasons for the discrepancy"--Provided by publisher.
Notes: First published in Great Britain by Weidenfeld & Nicolson in 2012.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 549-584) and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction: 15000 BC-AD 1500 : a unique period in human history; title: How the first Amerians differed from Old World peoples; title: How nature differs in the Old World and the New; title: Why human nature evolved differently in the Old World and the New; title: Conclusion: The shaman and shepherd : the gread divide; title: Appendix 1: The (never-ending) dispute of the New World; title: Appendix 2 (available online): From 100,000 kin groups to 190 sovereign states : some patterns in cultural evolution.