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| <b><cite>Guns, Germs, and Steel</cite></b> is a ]-winning book by ] arguing that the power and technology gaps dividing human societies developed not from cultural or racial differences but from differences in geography and resources. | <b><cite>Guns, Germs, and Steel</cite></b> is a ]-winning book by ] arguing that the power and technology gaps dividing human societies developed not from cultural or racial differences but from differences in geography and resources. | ||
| This book has been criticized as an example of ] with racist implications |
This book has been criticized as an example of ] with racist implications. The charge is not the book claims superiority of ]ans, but that it overlooks or obscures the importance of non-European knowledge, technologies, and labor in European development. For an example of this charge, see the geographer James M. Blaut's ''Eight Eurocentric Historians''. | ||
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| * ''Eight Eurocentric Historians'', James M. Blaut. The Guilford Press, New York, 2000. ISBN 1572305916 | |||
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Guns, Germs, and Steel is a Pulitzer Prize-winning book by Jared Diamond arguing that the power and technology gaps dividing human societies developed not from cultural or racial differences but from differences in geography and resources.
This book has been criticized as an example of environmental determinism with racist implications. The charge is not the book claims superiority of Europeans, but that it overlooks or obscures the importance of non-European knowledge, technologies, and labor in European development. For an example of this charge, see the geographer James M. Blaut's Eight Eurocentric Historians.
Other Resources
- Eight Eurocentric Historians, James M. Blaut. The Guilford Press, New York, 2000. ISBN 1572305916