The Resource 1491 : new revelations of the Americas before Columbus, Charles C. Mann
1491 : new revelations of the Americas before Columbus, Charles C. Mann
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The item 1491 : new revelations of the Americas before Columbus, Charles C. Mann represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Williamsburg Regional Library.This item is available to borrow from 2 library branches.
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The item 1491 : new revelations of the Americas before Columbus, Charles C. Mann represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Williamsburg Regional Library.
This item is available to borrow from 2 library branches.
- Summary
- Mann shows how a new generation of researchers equipped with novel scientific techniques have come to previously unheard-of conclusions about the Americas before the arrival of the Europeans: In 1491 there were probably more people living in the Americas than in Europe. Certain cities--such as Tenochtitlán, the Aztec capital--were greater in population than any European city. Tenochtitlán, unlike any capital in Europe at that time, had running water, beautiful botanical gardens, and immaculately clean streets. The earliest cities in the Western Hemisphere were thriving before the Egyptians built the great pyramids. Native Americans transformed their land so completely that Europeans arrived in a hemisphere already massively "landscaped" by human beings. Pre-Columbian Indians in Mexico developed corn by a breeding process that the journal Science recently described as "man's first, and perhaps the greatest, feat of genetic engineering."--From publisher description
- Language
- eng
- Label
- 1491 : new revelations of the Americas before Columbus
- Title
- 1491
- Title remainder
- new revelations of the Americas before Columbus
- Statement of responsibility
- Charles C. Mann
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- Mann shows how a new generation of researchers equipped with novel scientific techniques have come to previously unheard-of conclusions about the Americas before the arrival of the Europeans: In 1491 there were probably more people living in the Americas than in Europe. Certain cities--such as Tenochtitlán, the Aztec capital--were greater in population than any European city. Tenochtitlán, unlike any capital in Europe at that time, had running water, beautiful botanical gardens, and immaculately clean streets. The earliest cities in the Western Hemisphere were thriving before the Egyptians built the great pyramids. Native Americans transformed their land so completely that Europeans arrived in a hemisphere already massively "landscaped" by human beings. Pre-Columbian Indians in Mexico developed corn by a breeding process that the journal Science recently described as "man's first, and perhaps the greatest, feat of genetic engineering."--From publisher description
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- Mann, Charles C
- Dewey number
- 970.01/1
- Illustrations
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- illustrations
- maps
- Index
- index present
- LC call number
- E61
- LC item number
- .M266 2005
- Literary form
- non fiction
- Nature of contents
- bibliography
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Indians
- Indians
- Indians
- Indigenous peoples
- Indigenous peoples
- Indigenous peoples
- America
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- 1491 : new revelations of the Americas before Columbus, Charles C. Mann
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [403]-449) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
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- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xii, 465 pages
- Isbn
- 9781400032051
- Isbn Type
- (alk. paper)
- Lccn
- 2004061547
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Note
- Imprint varies.
- Other physical details
- illustrations, maps
- System control number
- 56632601
- Label
- 1491 : new revelations of the Americas before Columbus, Charles C. Mann
- Bibliography note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [403]-449) and index
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
-
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
-
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Dimensions
- 25 cm
- Edition
- First edition.
- Extent
- xii, 465 pages
- Isbn
- 9781400032051
- Isbn Type
- (alk. paper)
- Lccn
- 2004061547
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
-
- n
- Note
- Imprint varies.
- Other physical details
- illustrations, maps
- System control number
- 56632601
Subject
- Indians -- History
- Indians -- Origin
- Indigenous peoples -- Antiquities
- Indigenous peoples -- History
- trueAmerica -- Antiquities
- Indigenous peoples -- Origin
- Indians -- Antiquities
Included in
- trueNational Academies Communication Award
- trueNew York Times Notable Books - Nonfiction: 2005
- trueIndigenous Histories
- trueBooklist Editors' Choice - Best History Books: 2005
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