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1493 for Young People: From Columbus’s Voyage to Globalization (For Young People Series)

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1493 for Young People by Charles C. Mann tells the gripping story of globalization through commute, trade, colonization, and migration from its beginnings within the fifteenth century to the present. How did the lowly potato plant feed the poor across Europe after which cause the deaths of millions? How did the rubber plant enable industrialization? What’s 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 within the flood-prone plains of rural China and the wars of the Spanish Empire? Here is the story of how once in a while the greatest leaps also posed the greatest threats to human advancement.

Mann’s language is as plainspoken and clear as it’s provocative, his research and erudition vast, his conclusions ones with a view to stimulate the important thinking of young people. 1493 for Young People provides tools for wrestling with essentially the most pressing issues of as of late, and will empower young people as they struggle with a changing world.

From the Hardcover edition.

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