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1493 for Young People: From Columbus's Voyage to Globalization de Charles Mann

1493 for Young People: From Columbus's Voyage to Globalization: For Young People

Autor Charles Mann Editat de Rebecca Stefoff
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 25 ian 2016 – vârsta de la 12 până la 17 ani
"1493 for Young People" by Charles C. Mann tells the gripping story of globalization through travel, trade, colonization, and migration from its beginnings in the fifteenth century to the present. How did the lowly potato plant feed the poor across Europe and then cause the deaths of millions? How did the rubber plant enable industrialization? What is the connection between malaria, slavery, and the outcome of the American Revolution? How did the fabled silver mountain of sixteenth-century Bolivia fund economic development in the flood-prone plains of rural China and the wars of the Spanish Empire? Here is the story of how sometimes the greatest leaps also posed the greatest threats to human advancement.
Mann's language is as plainspoken and clear as it is provocative, his research and erudition vast, his conclusions ones that will stimulate the critical thinking of young people. "1493 for Young People" provides tools for wrestling with the most pressing issues of today, and will empower young people as they struggle with a changing world.

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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9781609806637
ISBN-10: 1609806638
Pagini: 416
Dimensiuni: 140 x 203 x 20 mm
Greutate: 0.45 kg
Editura: Triangle Square
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Introduction: About this Book

PART ONE: One World
o Chapter 1: Two Monuments
o Chapter 2: Reversals of Fortune

PART TWO: Atlantic Journeys
o Chapter 3: The Tobacco Coast
o Chapter 4: Evil Air

PART THREE: Pacific Journeys
o Chapter 5: Shiploads of Silver
o Chapter 6: Lovesick Grass, Foreign Tubers, and Jade Rice

PART FOUR: Europe in the World
o Chapter 7: Potato Power, Potato Pests
o Chapter 8: Wealth That Grew on Trees

PART FIVE: Africa in the World
o Chapter 9: Crazy Soup
o Chapter 10: Forest of Fugitives

Afterword: Currents of Life
Timeline
Glossary
Index
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