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Kingdom of speech

Hardcover • 2016 • English • 1. edition

Kingdom of speech

By Tom Wolfe

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About the book

Tom Wolfe, whose legend began in journalism, takes us on an eye-opening journey that is sure to arouse widespread debate. The Kingdom of Speech is a captivating, paradigm-shifting argument that speech - not evolution - is responsible for humanity's complex societies and achievements. From Alfred Russel Wallace, the Englishman who beat Darwin to the theory of natural selection but later renounced it, and through the controversial work of modern-day anthropologist Daniel Everett, who defies the cu...Show more

Modern and contemporary fiction: general and literary

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ISBN

9781911214199

Publisher

Vigmostad & Bjørke AS (VB Import)

Published year

2016

Language

English

Edition

1

Original title

Kingdom of speech

Format

Hardcover

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