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

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Availability:In StockContributor:Charles Mann, Rebecca Stefoff (Adapted by)Series:For Young PeopleAudience:Ages 9-12Publish date:2016-01-26Pages:416
Language:EnglishPublisher:Triangle SquareISBN-13:9781609806637ISBN-10:1609806638UPC:9781609806637Book Category:Juvenile NonfictionBook Subcategory:History, Social ScienceBook Topic:Central & South America, Exploration & Discovery, Customs, Traditions, AnthropologySize:8.00 x 5.50 x 0.80 inchesWeight:1.0009Product ID:SCJ77R65WC
Examines the arc "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"--
Language:EnglishPublisher:Triangle SquareISBN-13:9781609806637ISBN-10:1609806638UPC:9781609806637Book Category:Juvenile NonfictionBook Subcategory:History, Social ScienceBook Topic:Central & South America, Exploration & Discovery, Customs, Traditions, AnthropologySize:8.00 x 5.50 x 0.80 inchesWeight:1.0009Product ID:SCJ77R65WC
CHARLES C. MANN is the author of 1493: Uncovering the New World Columbus Created, a New York Times bestseller, and 1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus, which won the U.S. National Academy of Sciences' Keck Award for the best book of the year. A correspondent for The Atlantic Monthly, Science, and Wired, Mann has covered the intersection of science, technology, and commerce for many newspapers and magazines here and abroad, including National Geographic, The New York Times, Vanity Fair, and The Washington Post. In addition to 1491 and 1493, he is the co-author of five other books, one of which is a young person's version of 1491 called Before Columbus.

REBECCA STEFOFF has devoted her career to writing nonfiction books for young readers. Her publications include histories, literary biographies, an encyclopedia of maps, and numerous books on science and environmental issues. She has also adapted a number of landmark works in history and science: Howard Zinn's A People's History of the United States, Jared Diamond's The Third Chimpanzee, and Charles C. Mann's bestselling 1491.
Publisher: Triangle Square

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