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- From: "Joe Kames" <farfish AT francomm.com>
- To: "Market Farming" <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Another book suggestion
- Date: Wed, 5 May 2004 00:03:01 -0400
"Guns, Germs and Steel" by Jared Diamond is an excellent book and deserved
the Pulitzer Prize it earned. The question Diamond attempts to answer is;
why Eurasian civilization advanced more quickly and became dominant
worldwide as opposed to Native American, African or Island cultures? He
convincingly demonstrates that race was not a factor and shows the role of
ecology, climate and geography in supplying the near east with advantages in
food production. Food surpluses set the stage for other advances in
population and technology. These advantages then spread to Europe and Asia.
A short summary cannot do the book justice. It is a powerful argument
against racism and ethnocentrism and a great read.
Joe
> How many of you have read Guns, Germs, and Steel? Has a lot to say
> about agriculture and the human condition.
> Janet Bachmann
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Re: [Market-farming] RE: Response to Mr. Shoemaker
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- Re: [Market-farming] RE: Response to Mr. Shoemaker, Pat Meadows, 05/04/2004
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RE: [Market-farming] RE: Response to Mr. Shoemaker,
Alex Mcgregor, 05/04/2004
- RE: [Market-farming] RE: Response to Mr. Shoemaker, Jill Bussiere, 05/04/2004
- RE: [Market-farming] RE: Response to Mr. Shoemaker, Alex Mcgregor, 05/04/2004
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Re: [Market-farming] RE: Response to Mr. Shoemaker,
Bill Shoemaker, 05/04/2004
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Re: [Market-farming] RE: Response to Mr. Shoemaker,
jay gee, 05/04/2004
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Re: [Market-farming] RE: Response to Mr. Shoemaker,
marc, 05/04/2004
- Re: [Market-farming] RE: Response to Mr. Shoemaker, Joe Kames, 05/05/2004
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Re: [Market-farming] RE: Response to Mr. Shoemaker,
marc, 05/04/2004
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Re: [Market-farming] RE: Response to Mr. Shoemaker,
jay gee, 05/04/2004
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Re: [Market-farming] RE: Response to Mr. Shoemaker,
Bill Shoemaker, 05/04/2004
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[Market-farming] Another book suggestion,
Janet Bachmann, 05/04/2004
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Re: [Market-farming] Another book suggestion,
Joe Kames, 05/05/2004
- Re: [Market-farming] Another book suggestion, Allan Balliett, 05/05/2004
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Re: [Market-farming] Another book suggestion,
Joe Kames, 05/05/2004
- [Market-farming] potato sources, Janet Bachmann, 05/04/2004
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[Market-farming] Another book suggestion,
Janet Bachmann, 05/04/2004
- Re: [Market-farming] RE: Response to Mr. Shoemaker, Bill Shoemaker, 05/05/2004
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