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2019 | OriginalPaper | Buchkapitel
Introduction
verfasst von : Prof. Dr. Luc-Normand Tellier
Erschienen in: Urban World History
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Abstract
In 1997 and 1998, two books became best sellers. The first one, Guns, Germs and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies, was written by Jared Diamond, and it won a Pulitzer Prize. The book’s basic premise was that “history followed different courses for different peoples because of differences among peoples’ environments, not because of biological differences among peoples themselves.” The second book was written by David S. Landes, and it bore the title The Wealth and Poverty of Nations. Why Some Are So Rich and Some So Poor. In contrast to Diamond, Landes believes that Max Weber was right and that the history of economic development demonstrates that culture makes the difference. As for geography, he tended to minimize its influence by deriding the French geographer Edmond Demolins who claimed that, if the history of the world were to start over again in a context where the surface of the earth remained unchanged, it would follow the same broad lines.