1493
Uncovering the New World Columbus Created
A deeply engaging new history of how European settlements in the post-Colombian Americas shaped the world, from the bestselling author of 1491. 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…
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- ISBN: 978-0-307-27824-1
- EAN: 9780307278241
- Produktnummer: 12474565
- Verlag: Random House LCC US
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2012
- Seitenangabe: 720 S.
- Masse: H20.8 cm x B13.4 cm x D3.8 cm 674 g
- Abbildungen: 21 MAPS AND 88 ILLUSTRATIONS
- Gewicht: 674
Über den Autor
Charles 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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