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1491 : Nouvelles révélations des Amériques avant Christophe Colomb, Charles C. Mann

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Type
History
Publication Name
1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus
ISBN
9781400032051

À propos de ce produit

Product Identifiers

Publisher
Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group
ISBN-10
1400032059
ISBN-13
9781400032051
eBay Product ID (ePID)
52179438

Product Key Features

Edition
2
Book Title
1491 (Second Edition) : New Revelations of the Americas before Columbus
Number of Pages
576 Pages
Language
English
Publication Year
2006
Topic
Archaeology, Ecosystems & Habitats / General, United States / General, Native American
Illustrator
Yes
Genre
Nature, Social Science, History
Author
Charles C. Mann
Format
Trade Paperback

Dimensions

Item Height
1.1 in
Item Weight
18.6 Oz
Item Length
7.9 in
Item Width
5.2 in

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Trade
LCCN
2007-276604
Reviews
“A journalistic masterpiece.â€� -The New York Review of Books “Marvelous. . . . A sweeping portrait of human life in the Americas before the arrival of Columbus. . . . A remarkably engaging writer.â€� -The New York Times Book Review “Fascinating. . . . A landmark of a book that drops ingrained images of colonial American into the dustbin, one after the other.â€� -The Boston Globe “A ripping, man-on-the-ground tour of a world most of us barely intuit. . . . An exhilarating shift in perspective. . . . 1491 erases our myth of a wilderness Eden. It replaces that fallacy with evidence of a different genesis, exciting and closer to true.â€� -The Cleveland Plain Dealer “Mann tells a powerful, provocative and important story. . . . 1491 vividly compels us to re-examine how we teach the ancient history of the Americas and how we live with the environmental consequences of colonization.â€� -The Washington Post Book World “Engagingly written and utterly absorbing. . . . Part detective story, part epic and part tragedy.â€� -The Miami Herald “Provocative. . . . A Jared Diamond-like volley that challenges prevailing thinking about global development. Mann has chronicled an important shift in our vision of world development, one out young children could end up studying in their text books when they reach junior high.â€� -San Francisco Chronicle “Marvelous. . . . A revelation. . . . Our concept of pure wilderness untouched by grubby human hands must now be jettisoned.â€� -The New York Sun “Monumental. . . . Mann slips in so many fresh, new interpretations of American history that it all adds up to a deeply subversive work.â€� -Salon “Concise and brilliantly entertaining. . . . Reminiscent of John McPhee's eloquence with scientific detail.â€� -Los Angeles Times, "A journalistic masterpiece." -The New York Review of Books "Marvelous. . . . A sweeping portrait of human life in the Americas before the arrival of Columbus. . . . A remarkably engaging writer." -The New York Times Book Review   "Fascinating. . . . A landmark of a book that drops ingrained images of colonial American into the dustbin, one after the other." -The Boston Globe "A ripping, man-on-the-ground tour of a world most of us barely intuit. . . . An exhilarating shift in perspective. . . . 1491 erases our myth of a wilderness Eden. It replaces that fallacy with evidence of a different genesis, exciting and closer to true." -The Cleveland Plain Dealer "Mann tells a powerful, provocative and important story. . . . 1491 vividly compels us to re-examine how we teach the ancient history of the Americas and how we live with the environmental consequences of colonization." -The Washington Post Book World "Engagingly written and utterly absorbing. . . . Part detective story, part epic and part tragedy." -The Miami Herald "Provocative. . . . A Jared Diamond-like volley that challenges prevailing thinking about global development. Mann has chronicled an important shift in our vision of world development, one out young children could end up studying in their text books when they reach junior high." -San Francisco Chronicle "Marvelous. . . . A revelation. . . . Our concept of pure wilderness untouched by grubby human hands must now be jettisoned." -The New York Sun "Monumental. . . . Mann slips in so many fresh, new interpretations of American history that it all adds up to a deeply subversive work." -Salon "Concise and brilliantly entertaining. . . . Reminiscent of John McPhee's eloquence with scientific detail." -Los Angeles Times, "Engagingly written and utterly absorbing... part detective story, part epic and part tragedy."The Miami Herald "Provocative... a Jared Diamond-like volley that challenges prevailing thinking about global development. Mann has chronicled an important shift in our vision of world development, one out young children could end up studying in their text books when they reach junior high."San Francisco Chronicle "Marvelous... a revelation... our concept of pure wilderness untouched by grubby human hands must now be jettisoned."The New York Sun "Monumental....Mann slips in so many fresh, new interpretations of American history that it all adds up to a deeply subversive work."Salon "Concise and brilliantly entertaining... reminiscent of John McPhee's eloquence with scientific detail."The Los Angeles Times, "One of the most compelling books of her remarkable career. . . . A magisterial and subtle exploration of all-too-human emotions."-"The Seattle Times" "Appealing. . . . Something to gladden hearts-at least among aficionados of the formally perfect murder scheme. . . . Even its murder victim is delectable. . . . The reader . . . secretly thrills to the discovery of each new corpse." -"The New York Times" "Thrilling. . . . Tantalizing. . . . Intense. . . . The solution to the crime is satisfyingly elegant."-"The Boston Herald" "James is at the height of her writing powers in describing this craggy bit of rock off England's coast so thoroughly that you can feel the wind against your face and the scrubland brush against your boots. Like Dalgleish and Miskin, you will wish you could return." -"The Baltimore Sun", " Engagingly written and utterly absorbing... part detective story, part epic and part tragedy." - "The Miami Herald" " " " Provocative... a Jared Diamond-like volley that challenges prevailing thinking about global development. Mann has chronicled an important shift in our vision of world development, one out young children could end up studying in their text books when they reach junior high." - "San Francisco Chronicle" " " " Marvelous... a revelation... our concept of pure wilderness untouched by grubby human hands must now be jettisoned." - "The New York Sun" " Monumental....Mann slips in so many fresh, new interpretations of American history that it all adds up to a deeply subversive work." - "Salon" " Concise and brilliantly entertaining... reminiscent of John McPhee's eloquence with scientific detail." - "The Los Angeles Times", "Engagingly written and utterly absorbing... part detective story, part epic and part tragedy."-"The Miami Herald" " " "Provocative... a Jared Diamond-like volley that challenges prevailing thinking about global development. Mann has chronicled an important shift in our vision of world development, one out young children could end up studying in their text books when they reach junior high."-"San Francisco Chronicle" " " "Marvelous... a revelation... our concept of pure wilderness untouched by grubby human hands must now be jettisoned."-"The New York Sun" "Monumental....Mann slips in so many fresh, new interpretations of American history that it all adds up to a deeply subversive work."-"Salon" "Concise and brilliantly entertaining... reminiscent of John McPhee's eloquence with scientific detail."- "The Los Angeles Times", "One of the most compelling books of her remarkable career. . . . A magisterial and subtle exploration of all-too-human emotions."The Seattle Times "Appealing. . . . Something to gladden heartsat least among aficionados of the formally perfect murder scheme. . . . Even its murder victim is delectable. . . . The reader . . . secretly thrills to the discovery of each new corpse." The New York Times "Thrilling. . . . Tantalizing. . . . Intense. . . . The solution to the crime is satisfyingly elegant."The Boston Herald "James is at the height of her writing powers in describing this craggy bit of rock off England's coast so thoroughly that you can feel the wind against your face and the scrubland brush against your boots. Like Dalgleish and Miskin, you will wish you could return." The Baltimore Sun
Table Of Content
List of Maps Preface INTRODUCTION / Holmberg's Mistake 1. A View from Above PART ONE / Numbers from Nowhere? 2. Why Billington Survived 3. In the Land of Four Quarters 4. Frequently Asked Questions PART TWO / Very Old Bones 5. Pleistocene Wars 6. Cotton (or Anchovies) and Maize (Tales of Two Civilizations, Part I) 7. Writing, Wheels, and Bucket Brigades (Tales of Two Civilizations, Part II) PART THREE / Landscape with Figures 8. Made in America 9. Amazonia 10. The Artificial Wilderness 11. The Great Law of Peace Appendixes A. Loaded Words B. Talking Knots C. The Syphilis Exception D. Calendar Math Acknowledgments Notes Bibliography Index
Synopsis
Mann offers a groundbreaking study that radically alters readers' understanding of the Americas before the arrival of the Europeans in 1492., In this groundbreaking work of science, history, and archaeology, Charles C. Mann radically alters our understanding of the Americas before the arrival of Columbus in 1492. Contrary to what so many Americans learn in school, the pre-Columbian Indians were not sparsely settled in a pristine wilderness; rather, there were huge numbers of Indians who actively molded and influenced the land around them. The astonishing Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan had running water and immaculately clean streets, and was larger than any contemporary European city. Mexican cultures created corn in a specialized breeding process that it has been called man's first feat of genetic engineering. Indeed, Indians were not living lightly on the land but were landscaping and manipulating their world in ways that we are only now beginning to understand. Challenging and surprising, this a transformative new look at a rich and fascinating world we only thought we knew., In this groundbreaking work of science, history, and archaeology, Charles C. Mann radically alters our understanding of the Americas before the arrival of Columbus in 1492. Contrary to what so many Americans learn in school, the pre-Columbian Indians were not sparsely settled in a pristine wilderness; rather, there were huge numbers of Indians who actively molded and influenced the land around them. From the astonishing Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan, which had running water, immaculately clean streets, and was larger than any contemporary European city, to the Mexican corn that was so carefully created in a specialized breeding process that it has been called man's first feat of genetic engineering, Indians were not living lightly on the land but were landscaping and manipulating their world in ways that we are only now beginning to understand. Challenging and surprising, this a transformative new look at a rich and fascinating world we only thought we knew., NATIONAL BESTSELLER * A groundbreaking work of science, history, and archaeology that radically alters our understanding of the Americas before the arrival of Columbus in 1492--from "a remarkably engaging writer" ( The New York Times Book Review). Contrary to what so many Americans learn in school, the pre-Columbian Indians were not sparsely settled in a pristine wilderness; rather, there were huge numbers of Indians who actively molded and influenced the land around them. The astonishing Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan had running water and immaculately clean streets, and was larger than any contemporary European city. Mexican cultures created corn in a specialized breeding process that it has been called man's first feat of genetic engineering. Indeed, Indians were not living lightly on the land but were landscaping and manipulating their world in ways that we are only now beginning to understand. Challenging and surprising, this a transformative new look at a rich and fascinating world we only thought we knew.
LC Classification Number
E61.M266 2006

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  • Excellent Book

    Excellent book for learning about what happened before Columbus ruined the Americas. The book spans the 32,000 year old artifacts in Peru to the very few bison in North America after Desoto's arrival and everything in between .......

    Achat vérifié : OuiÉtat : OccasionVendu par : nushys

  • Most awesome!

    History of the Americas is sadly mis- recorded in our middle and high schools. This book describes with compelling evidence how progressive, organized, scientific, and mathematical many cultures we're prior to the arrival of Columbus and other white settlers. These settlers came bestowing their gifts of syphilis, small pox, and other "civilized" diseases.

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  • love this book, very eye opening. Ex...

    love this book, very eye opening. Excellent condition, thanks!

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  • Important book I think

    This book convincing clarifies and or refutes the prevailing notions and assertions of what the native Americans were doing and how many of them there were and how they effected the landscape. An engaging big picture as is the companion book 1493.

    Achat vérifié : OuiÉtat : NeufVendu par : rarewaves-usa-ca

  • Fascinating content. I bought it because it was a non-renewable library checkout and I was only half through.

    Excellent physical condition. I'd think it was new if it were in a shop.

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