Monday, March 28, 2011

What page is the word "infrastructure" on in Guns, Germs and Steel?

Is there a reason why you think that this word should show
up in this book?  So far as I know, the word does not appear at any point in
Guns, Germs, and Steel.


I have
searched the book in a variety of ways and have not found any instance of this word in
the book.  I have searched in the Kindle version of the book.  I have also searched the
book using Amazon.com and Google books' search functions.  In all cases, there were no
hits for this word.


The word "infrastructure" refers to the
resources needed for some (usually economic) activity.  For example, we speak of roads,
bridges, and electric lines as infrastructure because they are needed in order for our
economy to function properly.


Infrastructure is not a
concept that is particularly important to Diamond's argument in this book so I have no
reason to believe that it appears in the book.

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