> Books remaindered in their home countries often turn up in China at
>> reasonable
>> prices. One I liked was "Guns, Germs and Steel", a broad overview on
>> differences in societies with a 10,000+ year perspective.
>>
>
> I got that for R a few years ago and ended up reading it myself. It was
> quite good. I've wondered about his other stuff... But someone remind me,
> didn't he come up against some criticism recently. I think I read some
> controversy in Atlantic Monthly or Harper's where he was caught out fudging
> the data or some of his informants said that he was misrepresenting them or
> something? Anyone know more about the upshot of the controversy?
>
> shag
>
When I read the book, it really set my teeth on edge, determinist hyper-realism... How to take Nature (capital N) TOO seriously. Later, I found a superior and detailed distillation of my reactions here: http://louisproyect.wordpress.com/2009/04/24/jim-blaut-on-jared-diamond/
Alan