The Columbian exchange : biological and cultural consequences of 1492 / Alfred W. Crosby, Jr. ; forewords by J.R. McNeill and Otto von Mering.
Publication details: Westport, Conn. : Praeger, 2003.Edition: 30th anniversary edDescription: 283 pages : illustrations ; 22 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0275980731
- 9780275980733
- 0275980928
- 9780275980924
- 614.497 Ja Cro
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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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