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

The Resource 1493 for young people : from Columbus's voyage to globalization
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1493 for young people : from Columbus's voyage to globalization
Title remainder
from Columbus's voyage to globalization
Statement of responsibility
Charles Mann ; adapted by Rebecca Stefoff
Title variation
  • Fourteen ninety-three for young people
  • Fourteen hundred ninety-three for young people
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Language
eng
Summary
"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"--
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TEFOD
Dewey number
909.08
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
no index present
Intended audience
1110L
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Lexile
LC call number
D228
LC item number
.M35 2015eb
Literary form
non fiction
Nature of contents
dictionaries
Series statement
For young people series
Target audience
juvenile

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