512 pages
English language
Published Oct. 28, 2012 by Viking.
The World Until Yesterday: What Can We Learn from Traditional Societies?
what can we learn from traditional societies?
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The World Until Yesterday: What Can We Learn from Traditional Societies? is a 2012 popular science book by American intellectual Jared Diamond. It explores what people living in the Western world can learn from traditional societies, including differing approaches to conflict resolution, treatment of the elderly, childcare, the benefits of multilingualism and a lower salt intake.
Subjects
- Social life and customs
- Social evolution
- Dani (New Guinean people)
- Cultural assimilation
- Social change
- History
Places
- Papua New Guinea
- Papua New Guinea