Trade Paperback
2012 · New York
by Mann, Charles C
New York: Vintage Books, 2012. 3rd Printing. Trade Paperback. Near Fine. 5x1x7. Third printing. Light edge wear. 2012 Trade Paperback. xxx, 690 pp. 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 Cityâwhere Asia, Europe, and the new frontier of the Americas dynamically interactedâthe 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. (Inventory #: 2342296)