1491 : The Americas Before Columbus

Name: 1491
Brand: Granta Books
SKU: 9781862078765
Price: 2700 KES
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ISBN: 9781862078765

by Charles C. Mann

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Format Paperback / softback

ISBN-10 1862078769

ISBN-13 9781862078765

Publisher Granta Books

Imprint Granta Books

Country of Manufacture GB

Country of Publication GB

Publication Date Nov 6th, 2006

Print length 576 Pages

Weight 328 grams

Dimensions 19.70 x 13.00 x 3.20 cms

Product Classification: History of the Americas Early history: c 500 to c 1450/1500 History History of the Americas

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It was believed that in 1491, the year before Columbus landed, the Americas were a near-pristine wilderness inhabited by small roaming bands of indigenous people. Here, Charles Mann provides a new, fascinating and iconoclastic account of the Americas before Columbus.

Up until very recently it was believed that in 1491, the year before Columbus landed, the Americas, one-third of the earth''s surface, were a near-pristine wilderness inhabited by small roaming bands of indigenous people. But recently unexpected discoveries have dramatically changed our understanding of Indian life. Many scholars now argue that the Indians were much more numerous, were in the Americas for far longer and had far more ecological impact on the land than previously believed. This knowledge has enormous implications for today''s environmental disputes, yet little has filtered into textbooks and even less into public awareness. Mann brings together all of the latest research, and the results of his own travels throughout North and South America, to provide a new, fascinating and iconoclastic account of the Americas before Columbus.

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