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The Columbian exchange : biological and cultural consequences of 1492 / Alfred W. Crosby, Jr. ; forewords by J.R. McNeill and Otto von Mering.

By: Publication details: Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2003.Edition: 30th anniversary edDescription: 283 pages : illustrations ; 22 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 0275980731
  • 9780275980733
  • 0275980928
  • 9780275980924
Subject(s): Genre/Form: DDC classification:
  • 614.497 Ja Cro
Contents:
The contrasts -- Conquistador y pestilencia -- Old World plants and animals in the New World -- The early history of syphilis : a reappraisal -- New World foods and Old World demography -- The Columbian exchange continues.
Summary: Thirty years ago, Alfred Crosby published a small work that stressed a simple point - that the most important changes brought on by the voyages of Columbus were not social or political, but biological in nature. This 30th anniversary edition includes a new preface from the author.
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 222-276) and index.

The contrasts -- Conquistador y pestilencia -- Old World plants and animals in the New World -- The early history of syphilis : a reappraisal -- New World foods and Old World demography -- The Columbian exchange continues.

Thirty years ago, Alfred Crosby published a small work that stressed a simple point - that the most important changes brought on by the voyages of Columbus were not social or political, but biological in nature. This 30th anniversary edition includes a new preface from the author.

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