1493 [sound recording] / Charles C. Mann.

Título:

ISBN:

9780307913760

Autor personal:

Mann, Charles C.

Edición:

Unabridged.

Información de publicación:

New York : Random House Audio/Recorded Books, [2011]

℗2011

Descripción física:

14 sound discs (18 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.

Nota general:

Compact disc.

Contenido:

In the Homogenocene. Two monuments -- Atlantic Journeys. The tobacco coast ; Evil air -- Pacific Journeys. Shiploads of money (silk for silver, part one) -- Lovesick grass, foreign tubers, and jade rice (silk for silver, part two) -- Europe in the World. The agro-industrial complex ; Black gold -- Africa in the World. Crazy soup ; Forest of fugitives -- Currents of Life. In Bulalacao -- Fighting words -- Globalization in beta.

Síntesis:

Mann offers a new scientific explanation of the Columbian Exchange of 1493--when Christopher Columbus came to America, bringing thousands of species to new homes across the ocean.

Materia personal:

Columbus, Christopher-Influence.

Término geográfico:

America -- Discovery and exploration -- Economic aspects

America -- Discovery and exploration -- Environmental aspects

DAK_SUBJECT_TERM_DISPLAY:

History, Modern

Economic history

Commerce -- History

Agriculture -- History

Ecology -- History

Industrial revolution