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Guns, Germs and Steel (1997)

Creators

Subject

Diamond’s attempt to explain the major features of human history—particularly European hegemony—using geographical rather than cultural or racial factors.

Commentary

A strong transdisciplinary effort for a general audience.

non-fiction text

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Guns, Germs, and Steel (2005) IMDb

Categorization	Oddly cautious, with some dramatization, not all of it relevant.
Commentary	A decent substitute if you don’t want the interesting details.
moving picture non-fiction series