{"product_id":"the-great-divide-peter-watson-9780061672460","title":"The Great Divide: Nature and Human Nature in the Old World and the New","description":"\u003cp\u003eIn \u003cem\u003eThe Great Divide\u003c\/em\u003e, acclaimed author and historian Peter Watson explores the development of humankind between the Old World and the New, and offers a groundbreaking new understanding of human history.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBy 15,000 BC, humans had migrated from northeastern Asia across the frozen Bering land bridge to the Americas. When the last Ice Agecame to an end, the Bering Strait refilled with water, dividing America from Eurasia. This division continued until Christopher Columbus voyaged to the New World in the fifteenth century.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe Great Divide\u003c\/em\u003e compares the development of humankind in the Old World and the New between 15,000 BC and AD 1,500. Combining the most up-to-date knowledge in archaeology, anthropology, geology, meteorology, cosmology, and mythology, Peter Watson's masterful study offers uniquely revealing insight into what it means to be human.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Peter Watson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0061672467\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780061672460\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Harper Perennial\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/25\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 640\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.41lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.42h x 5.54w x 1.15d","brand":"Peter Watson","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43912721826047,"sku":"9780061672460","price":17.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_9c60e5f3-1522-43c5-a1d7-68a0427e8ab1.jpg?v=1680582590","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-great-divide-peter-watson-9780061672460","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}