Watson, Peter, <br/><br/>
The great divide : nature and human nature in the Old World and the New / 
Peter Watson. 
 - 1st U.S. ed. 
 - New York :  HarperCollins,  2012. 
 - xxviii, 610 p. :  ill., maps ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/> First published in Great Britain by Weidenfeld & Nicolson in 2012. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references (p. 549-584) and index. 
<br/><br/>Introduction: 15000 BC-AD 1500 : a unique period in human history -- How the first Amerians differed from Old World peoples -- How nature differs in the Old World and the New -- Why human nature evolved differently in the Old World and the New -- Conclusion: The shaman and shepherd : the gread divide -- Appendix 1: The (never-ending) dispute of the New World -- Appendix 2 (available online): From 100,000 kin groups to 190 sovereign states : some patterns in cultural evolution. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780061672453 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Civilization.<br/>World history.
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>Eastern Hemisphere.<br/>Western Hemisphere.
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>909  / WAT/G