1493 for young people : from Columbus's voyage to globalization

Book 2014

"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...

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Agriculture History Juvenile literature

America Discovery and exploration Economic aspects Juvenile literature

America Discovery and exploration Environmental aspects Juvenile literature

Columbus, Christopher Influence Juvenile literature

Commerce History Juvenile literature

Ecology History Juvenile literature

Economic history Juvenile literature

Globalization Juvenile literature

History, Modern Juvenile literature

Industrial revolution Juvenile literature

Slave trade History Juvenile literature

Part of a Series:

For young people series

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ISBN:

9781609806637
1609806638

Description:

vi, 407 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 22 cm

Other Title:

Fourteen ninety-three for young people
Fourteen hundred ninety-three for young people

Notes:

Includes index

Control Number:

1618194

Other Authors:

Stefoff, Rebecca, 1951-

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