Presents research by ecologist, anthropologists, archaeologists, and historians to show how the formation of a global network of ecological and economic exchange fostered the rise in Europe, devastated imperial China, disrupted Africa, and made Mexico City the center of the world.
year: 2011, 2012
call number/section: 1000, 909, 909.4
subjects: columbus, christopher, influence, history, modern, economic history, commerce, history, agriculture, ecology, america, economic aspects, environmental aspects, modern history, economic conditions, industrial revolution, slave trade
Editions
Mann, Charles C
Alfred A. Knopf (2011)
Presents research by ecologist, anthropologists, archaeologists, and historians to show how the formation of a global network of ecological and economic exchange fostered the rise in Europe, devastated imperial China, disrupted Africa, and made Mexico City the center of the world.
Schools: 7
Mann, Charles C
Vintage Books (2012)
Reveals how the voyages of Columbus reintroduced plants and animals that had been separated millions of years earlier, documenting how the ensuing exchange of flora and fauna between Eurasia and the Americas fostered a European rise.
Schools: 0