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

By Charles C. Mann

Book Overview

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.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1609806638
• ISBN13: 9781609806637
• Release Date: January 2016
• Publisher: Seven Stories Press
• Length: 416 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.0"
• Age Range: 12 years and up
• Grade Range: Grade 7 and higher

Customer Reviews

Awesome book!!!

I loved reading this as much as I loved reading “1491” by Mann. A very engaging author that brings to light connections between events, technologies, and habitats that you’d never think of. I loved it so much that I’m getting a copy for my Dad.