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JARED DIAMOND
The World Until Yesterday
The World Until Yesterday
What Can We Learn From Traditional Societies?
ALLEN LANE
an imprint of
PENGUIN BOOKS
Contents
An airport scene
Why study traditional societies?StatesTypes of traditional societiesApproaches, causes, and sourcesA small book about a big subjectPlan of the book
PART ONE
: SETTING THE STAGE BY DIVIDING SPACE
CHAPTER 1. Friends, Enemies, Strangers, and Traders
A boundaryMutually exclusive territoriesNon-exclusive land useFriends, enemies, and strangersFirst contactsTrade and tradersMarket economiesTraditional forms of tradeTraditional trade itemsWho trades what?Tiny nations
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