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1491
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Author : Charles C. Mann
language : en
Publisher: Granta Books
Release Date : 2014-10-02
1491 written by Charles C. Mann and has been published by Granta Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2014-10-02 with History categories.
Up until very recently it was believed that in 1491, the year before Columbus landed, the Americas, one-third of the earth's surface, were a near-pristine wilderness inhabited by small roaming bands of indigenous people. But recently unexpected discoveries have dramatically changed our understanding of Indian life. Many scholars now argue that the Indians were much more numerous, were in the Americas for far longer and had far more ecological impact on the land than previously believed. This knowledge has enormous implications for today's environmental disputes, yet little has filtered into textbooks and even less into public awareness. Mann brings together all of the latest research, and the results of his own travels throughout North and South America, to provide a new, fascinating and iconoclastic account of the Americas before Columbus.
1491 Second Edition
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Author : Charles C. Mann
language : en
Publisher: National Geographic Books
Release Date : 2006-10-10
1491 Second Edition written by Charles C. Mann and has been published by National Geographic Books this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-10-10 with History categories.
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A groundbreaking work of science, history, and archaeology that radically alters our understanding of the Americas before the arrival of Columbus in 1492—from “a remarkably engaging writer” (The New York Times Book Review). Contrary to what so many Americans learn in school, the pre-Columbian Indians were not sparsely settled in a pristine wilderness; rather, there were huge numbers of Indians who actively molded and influenced the land around them. The astonishing Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan had running water and immaculately clean streets, and was larger than any contemporary European city. Mexican cultures created corn in a specialized breeding process that it has been called man’s first feat of genetic engineering. Indeed, Indians were not living lightly on the land but were landscaping and manipulating their world in ways that we are only now beginning to understand. Challenging and surprising, this a transformative new look at a rich and fascinating world we only thought we knew.
1491
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Author : Charles C. Mann
language : en
Publisher: Alfred a Knopf Incorporated
Release Date : 2005
1491 written by Charles C. Mann and has been published by Alfred a Knopf Incorporated this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with History categories.
An analysis of America prior to 1492 describes how the research of archaeologists and anthropologists has transformed myths about the Americas, revealing that the cultures were far older and more advanced than previously known.
Before Columbus
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Author : Charles C. Mann
language : en
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Release Date : 2009-09-08
Before Columbus written by Charles C. Mann and has been published by Simon and Schuster this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-09-08 with Juvenile Nonfiction categories.
A companion book for young readers based upon the explorations of the Americas in 1491, before those of Christopher Columbus.
1493
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Author : Charles C. Mann
language : en
Publisher: Vintage
Release Date : 2011-08-09
1493 written by Charles C. Mann and has been published by Vintage this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-08-09 with History categories.
NATIONAL 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.
1491 New Revelations Of The Americas Before Columbus
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Author : Charles C. Mann
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2008
1491 New Revelations Of The Americas Before Columbus written by Charles C. Mann and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2008 with categories.
The Wizard And The Prophet
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Author : Charles C. Mann
language : en
Publisher: Pan Macmillan
Release Date : 2018-01-25
The Wizard And The Prophet written by Charles C. Mann and has been published by Pan Macmillan this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-01-25 with Nature categories.
Two Groundbreaking Scientists and Their Conflicting Visions of the Future of Our Planet 'Does the earth’s finite carrying capacity mean economic growth has to stop? That momentous question is the subject of Charles Mann’s brilliant book.' Wall Street Journal In forty years, the population of the Earth will reach ten billion. Can our world support so many people? What kind of world will it be? In this unique, original and important book, Charles C. Mann illuminates the four great challenges we face – food, water, energy, climate change – through an exploration of the crucial work and wide-ranging influence of two little-known twentieth-century scientists, Norman Borlaug and William Vogt. Vogt (the Prophet) was the intellectual forefather of the environmental movement, and believed that in our using more than the planet has to give, our prosperity will bring us to ruin. Borlaug’s research in the 1950s led to the development of modern high-yield crops that have saved millions from starvation. The Wizard of Mann’s title, he believed that science will continue to rise to the challenges we face. Mann tells the stories of these scientists and their crucial influence on today’s debates as his story ranges from Mexico to India, across continents and oceans and from the past and the present to the future. Brilliantly original in concept, wryly observant and deeply researched, The Wizard and the Prophet is essential reading for readers of Yuval Noah Harari’s Sapiens or Jared Diamond’s Guns, Germs and Steel, for anyone interested in how we got here and in the future of our species.
Buying And Selling
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Author : Shanti Graheli
language : en
Publisher: BRILL
Release Date : 2019-02-11
Buying And Selling written by Shanti Graheli and has been published by BRILL this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-02-11 with History categories.
Buying and Selling explores the business of books in and beyond Europe, investigating the practices adopted by traders and customers.
Ancient Americans
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Author : Charles C. Mann
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 2005
Ancient Americans written by Charles C. Mann and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2005 with America categories.
The first general and comprehensive history of all of Native America
Trail Of Tears
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Author : John Ehle
language : en
Publisher: Anchor
Release Date : 2011-06-08
Trail Of Tears written by John Ehle and has been published by Anchor this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2011-06-08 with History categories.
A sixth-generation North Carolinian, highly-acclaimed author John Ehle grew up on former Cherokee hunting grounds. His experience as an accomplished novelist, combined with his extensive, meticulous research, culminates in this moving tragedy rich with historical detail. The Cherokee are a proud, ancient civilization. For hundreds of years they believed themselves to be the "Principle People" residing at the center of the earth. But by the 18th century, some of their leaders believed it was necessary to adapt to European ways in order to survive. Those chiefs sealed the fate of their tribes in 1875 when they signed a treaty relinquishing their land east of the Mississippi in return for promises of wealth and better land. The U.S. government used the treaty to justify the eviction of the Cherokee nation in an exodus that the Cherokee will forever remember as the “trail where they cried.” The heroism and nobility of the Cherokee shine through this intricate story of American politics, ambition, and greed. B & W photographs
