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

By:

Crosby, Alfred W

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:

History.

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.

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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