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1493: Uncovering the New World Columbus Created (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780307278241)
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xNATIONAL BESTSELLER - A deeply engaging history of how European settlements in the post-Colombian Americas shaped the world--from the highly acclaimed author of 1491. - "Fascinating...Lively...A convincing explanation of why our world is the way it is." --The New York Times Book Review
Presenting the latest research by biologists, anthropologists, archaeologists, and historians, Mann shows how the post-Columbian network of ecological and economic exchange fostered the rise of Europe, devastated imperial China, convulsed Africa, and for two centuries made Mexico City--where Asia, Europe, and the new frontier of the Americas dynamically interacted--the center of the world. In this history, Mann uncovers the germ of today's fiercest political disputes, from immigration to trade policy to culture wars. In 1493, Mann has again given readers an eye-opening scientific interpretation of our past, unequaled in its authority and fascination.
Author: Charles C. Mann
ISBN-10: 0307278247
ISBN-13: 9780307278241
Publisher: Vintage
Language: English
Published: 07/24/2012
Pages: 720
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.45lbs
Size: 8.10h x 5.20w x 1.50d
Review Citation(s):
New York Times Book Review 08/19/2012 pg. 24
Christian Century 12/12/2012 pg. 22
Presenting the latest research by biologists, anthropologists, archaeologists, and historians, Mann shows how the post-Columbian network of ecological and economic exchange fostered the rise of Europe, devastated imperial China, convulsed Africa, and for two centuries made Mexico City--where Asia, Europe, and the new frontier of the Americas dynamically interacted--the center of the world. In this history, Mann uncovers the germ of today's fiercest political disputes, from immigration to trade policy to culture wars. In 1493, Mann has again given readers an eye-opening scientific interpretation of our past, unequaled in its authority and fascination.
Author: Charles C. Mann
ISBN-10: 0307278247
ISBN-13: 9780307278241
Publisher: Vintage
Language: English
Published: 07/24/2012
Pages: 720
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.45lbs
Size: 8.10h x 5.20w x 1.50d
Review Citation(s):
New York Times Book Review 08/19/2012 pg. 24
Christian Century 12/12/2012 pg. 22
By Charles C. Mann
xCHARLES C. MANN, a correspondent for The Atlantic, Science, and Wired, has written for Fortune, The New York Times, Smithsonian, Technology Review, Vanity Fair, and The Washington Post, as well as for the TV network HBO and the series Law & Order. A three-time National Magazine Award finalist, he is the recipient of writing awards from the American Bar Association, the American Institute of Physics, the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, and the Lannan Foundation. His 1491 won the National Academies Communication Award for the best book of the year.
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