[lbo-talk] vaca reading

[Dissenting Wren]

I thought you just wanted a reference to some of the standard works from which 
Diamond's work is derivative.  But, given your history here, I should have known 
that you were trolling.  Va bene, ciao!

----- Original Message ----
From: Joseph Catron <jncatron at gmail.com>
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Sent: Mon, May 9, 2011 12:13:05 PM
Subject: Re: [lbo-talk] vaca reading

On Mon, May 9, 2011 at 7:44 PM, Dissenting Wren <dissentingwren at yahoo.com>wrote:

Alfred Crosby, Ecological Imperialism
> William H. McNeill, Plagues and Peoples
> William H. McNeill, The Pursuit of Power: Technology, Armed Force, and
> Society
> since A.D. 1000

And their contents? From glancing at Wikipedia entries, it seems like the
first two of these merely flesh out the "how" knowledge I already have
concerning the historical impact of infectious diseases, without addressing
the "why" questions Diamond aspires to answer. What do they offer beyond
that? And I can't find as much on that particular volume by McNeill. What's
his big thesis?

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