Genes, Climate, and Consumption Culture

"Jag Sheth's Climate, Culture and Consumption is an intriguing treasure trove of insights about how climate has effected human civilization, evolution, food consumption, health, clothing, housing, family structure, sense of time and space, cooperation versus competition, and much more. If Jared Diamond's Guns, Germs and Steel was insightful in explaining the rise and fall of human cultures, Sheth's CCC is equally insightful in explaining everything from how much Coca Cola we drink (his starting point) to what we wear, where the Industrial Revolution began, and why some people handle alcohol better than others. It sparkles with brilliant observations and will be hard to put down."

• Preface  Introduction: Climate and the History of Man 1. We Are What We Eat 2. What to Wear? 3. A Roof Overhead  4. Your time or Mine?  5. Individualism and Collectivism 6. Embrace of Technology and Dominion over Nature Conclusion