1491 New Revelations Of The Americas Before Columbus
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Author | : Charles C. Mann |
Publisher | : Simon and Schuster |
Total Pages | : 128 |
Release | : 2009-09-08 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 1416949003 |
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A companion book for young readers based upon the explorations of the Americas in 1491, before those of Christopher Columbus.
Author | : Charles C. Mann |
Publisher | : Vintage |
Total Pages | : 578 |
Release | : 2006-10-10 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1400032059 |
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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.
Author | : Charles C. Mann |
Publisher | : Alfred a Knopf Incorporated |
Total Pages | : 465 |
Release | : 2005 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 140004006X |
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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.
Author | : Charles C. Mann |
Publisher | : Vintage |
Total Pages | : 578 |
Release | : 2006-10-10 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 0307278182 |
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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.
Author | : Charles C. Mann |
Publisher | : Knopf |
Total Pages | : 561 |
Release | : 2011 |
Genre | : Biography & Autobiography |
ISBN | : 0307265722 |
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More than 200 million years ago, geological forces split apart the continents. Isolated from each other, the two halves of the world developed totally different suites of plants and animals. Columbus's voyages brought them back together--and marked the beginning of an extraordinary exchange of flora and fauna between Eurasia and the Americas.
Author | : Charles Mann |
Publisher | : Seven Stories Press |
Total Pages | : 352 |
Release | : 2016-01-26 |
Genre | : Juvenile Nonfiction |
ISBN | : 160980631X |
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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.
Author | : Eric B. Schultz |
Publisher | : The Countryman Press |
Total Pages | : 604 |
Release | : 2017-02-14 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1581574908 |
Download King Philip's War: The History and Legacy of America's Forgotten Conflict (Revised Edition) Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
The harrowing story of one of America's first and costliest wars—featuring a new foreword by bestselling author Nathaniel Philbrick At once an in-depth history of this pivotal war and a guide to the historical sites where the ambushes, raids, and battles took place, King Philip's War expands our understanding of American history and provides insight into the nature of colonial and ethnic wars in general. Through a careful reconstruction of events, first-person accounts, period illustrations, and maps, and by providing information on the exact locations of more than fifty battles, King Philip's War is useful as well as informative. Students of history, colonial war buffs, those interested in Native American history, and anyone who is curious about how this war affected a particular New England town, will find important insights into one of the most seminal events to shape the American mind and continent.
Author | : James Wilson |
Publisher | : Grove Press |
Total Pages | : 500 |
Release | : 1998 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 9780802136800 |
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Provides a Native American perspective on the history of North America.
Author | : Roger Williams |
Publisher | : Applewood Books |
Total Pages | : 241 |
Release | : 1997 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : 1557094640 |
Download A Key Into the Language of America Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
A discourse on the languages of Native Americans encountered by the early settlers. This early linguistic treatise gives rare insight into the early contact between Europeans and Native Americans.
Author | : Horatio Bardwell Cushman |
Publisher | : Greenville, Texas : Headlight printing house |
Total Pages | : 626 |
Release | : 1899 |
Genre | : History |
ISBN | : |
Download History of the Choctaw, Chickasaw and Natchez Indians Book in PDF, Epub and Kindle
History of the Choctaw, Chickasaw and Natchez Indians by Horatio Bardwell Cushman, first published in 1899, is a rare manuscript, the original residing in one of the great libraries of the world. This book is a reproduction of that original, which has been scanned and cleaned by state-of-the-art publishing tools for better readability and enhanced appreciation. Restoration Editors' mission is to bring long out of print manuscripts back to life. Some smudges, annotations or unclear text may still exist, due to permanent damage to the original work. We believe the literary significance of the text justifies offering this reproduction, allowing a new generation to appreciate it.