The Columbian Exchange
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The Columbian Exchange: Biological and Cultural Consequences of 1492
By Alfred W. Crosby"The best thing about this book is its overarching thesis, the concept of a Columbian exchange. This provocative device permits Crosby to shape a lot of familiar and seemingly unrelated data into a fresh synthesis. . .
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The Columbian Exchange
By Etienne Stockland, Joshua SpechtOne criticism of history is that historians all too often study it in isolation, failing to take advantage of models and evidence from scholars in other disciplines. This is not a charge that can be laid at the door of Alfred Crosby.
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The Columbian Exchange: Biological and Cultural Consequences of 1492, 30th Anniversary Edition
By Alfred W. Crosby Jr.This 30th anniversary edition of The Columbian Exchange includes a new preface from the author, reflecting on the book and its creation, and a new foreword by J. R. McNeill that demonstrates how Crosby established a brand new perspective ...
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The Columbian Exchange: A Captivating Guide to the Transatlantic Transfer of People, Plants, Animals, Ideas, Resources, and More Between the...
By Captivating HistoryDiscover how the Old World of Eurasia and Africa began a monumentally important exchange of people, ideas, crops, animals, and diseases that changed history and humanity forever.
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The Columbian Exchange
By Etienne Stockland, Joshua SpechtCrosby's landmark 1972 work argues that environmental factors shape our history just as much as--and sometimes more than--human factors.