Sapiens : a graphic history (Record no. 346110)

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020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER
International Standard Book Number 9781787333765
082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER
Classification number 909 HAR
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Personal name Harari, Yuval N.
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Title Sapiens : a graphic history
260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC.
Place of publication, distribution, etc. London
Name of publisher, distributor, etc. Jonathan cape
Date of publication, distribution, etc. 2021.
300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION
Extent Vol. 2.(252p.)
500 ## - GENERAL NOTE
General note Volume 2. the pillars of civilization.
520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC.
Summary, etc. This second volume of Sapiens: A Graphic History, the full-color graphic adaptation of Yuval Noah Harari’s #1 New York Times bestseller, focuses on the Agricultural Revolution—when humans fell into a trap we’ve yet to escape: working harder and harder with diminishing returns.<br/><br/>What if humanity’s major woes—war, plague, famine and inequality—originated 12,000 years ago, when Homo sapiens converted from nomads to settlers, in pursuit of the fantasy of productivity and efficiency? What if by seeking to control plants and animals, humans ended up being controlled by kings, priests, and Kafkaesque bureaucracy? Volume 2 of Sapiens: A Graphic History–The Pillars of Civilization explores a crucial chapter in human development: the Agricultural Revolution. This is the story of how wheat took over the world; how an unlikely marriage between a god and a bureaucrat created the first empires; and how war, plague, famine, and inequality became an intractable feature of the human condition.<br/><br/>But it’s not all doom and gloom with this book’s cast of entertaining characters and colorful humorous scenes. Yuval, Zoe, Prof. Saraswati, Cindy and Bill (now farmers), Detective Lopez, and Dr. Fiction, all introduced in Volume 1, once again travel the length and breadth of human history, this time investigating the impact the Agricultural Revolution has had on our species. The cunning Mephisto shows them how to ensnare humans, King Hammurabi lays down the law, and Confucius explains harmonious society. The origins of modern farming are introduced through Elizabethan tragedy; the changing fortunes of domesticated plants and animals are tracked in the columns of the Daily Business News; the story of urbanization is portrayed as a travel brochure, offering discount journeys to ancient Babylon and China; and the history of inequality unfolds in a superhero detective story; with guest appearances by historical and cultural personalities throughout such as Thomas Jefferson, Scarlett O'Hara, Margaret Thatcher, and John Lennon.<br/><br/>
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Topical term or geographic name entry element Technology and civilization
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Topical term or geographic name entry element World history
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Personal name Vandermeulen , David
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Personal name Casanave , Daniel
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  Not Missing Not Damaged   Gandhi Smriti Library Gandhi Smriti Library 2022-02-17 879.20 2 909 HAR 163986 2024-02-25 2022-07-08 2022-02-17 Books

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