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

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.

Additional Details

ISBN
1609806301
Print Status
In Print
Chapters
12
Suggested Grades
8th - 12th
Historical Setting
1493 - 2000
Publisher
Triangle Square
Copyright
2015

Chapters

  • 1 Intro
  • 2 ch 1
  • 3 ch 2
  • 4 ch 3
  • 5 ch 4
  • 6 ch 5
  • 7 ch 6
  • 8 ch 7
  • 9 ch 8
  • 10 ch 9
  • 11 ch 10
  • 12 Afterword: Current life

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