1493 For Young People – Charles C Mann

the gripping story of globalization through travel, trade, colonization, and migration from its beginnings in the fifteenth century to the present. How did the lowly potato plant feed the poor across Europe and then cause the deaths of millions? How did the rub- ber plant enable industrialization? What is the con- nection between malaria, slavery, and the outcome of the American Revolution? How did the fabled silver mountain of sixteenth-century Bolivia fund economic development in the flood-prone plains of rural China and the wars of the Spanish Empire?

Here is the story of how sometimes the greatest leaps also posed the greatest threats to human advancement. Mann’s language is as plainspoken and clear as it is provocative, his research and erudition vast, his conclusions ones that will stimulate the critical thinking of young people. 1493 for Young People pro- vides tools for wrestling with the mi pressing is- sues of today, and will empower youry pople as they struggle with a changing world. Deschutes Public Library | 1495 for young people Cb CHARLES C. MANN ADAPTED BY REBECCA STEFOFF 1493 for young people | FROM COLUMBUS’S VOYAGE TO GLOBALIZATION A TRIANGLE SQUARE BOOK FOR YOUNG READERS PUBLISHED BY SEVEN STORIES PRESS Copyright © 2014 by Charles C.

Mann For permissions information see page 405. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, including mechanical, electronic, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publisher SEVEN STORIES PRESS 140 Watts Street New York, NY 10013 www.sevenstories.com College professors may order free examination copies of Seven Stories Press titles. To order, visit www.sevenstories.com/textbook or send a fax on school letterhead to (212) 226-1411.

Book design by Pollen/Stewart Cauley/Abigail Miller, New York Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data , Mann, Charles C., 1493 for young people : from Columbus’s voyage to globalization Charles Mann; adapted by Rebecca Stefoff. pages cm. (For young people series) ISBN 978-1-60980-630-9 (hardback) ISBN 978-1-60980-663-7 (paperback) 1. History, Modern—Juvenile literature. 2. Economic history—Juvenile literature. 3. Commerce—History—Juvenile literature.

4. Agriculture—History—Juvenile literature. 5. Ecology—History—Juvenile literature. 6. Industrial revolution—Juvenile literature. 7. Slave trade—History—Juvenile literature. 8. America—Discovery and exploration— Economic aspects—Juvenile literature. 9. America—Discovery and exploration— Environmental aspects—Juvenile literature. 10. Columbus, Christopher—Influence—Juvenile literature. 11. Globalization—Juvenile literature. I. Stefoff, Rebecca, 1951-II. Title. III. Title: Fourteen ninety-three for young people. IV. Title: Fourteen hundred ninety-three for young people.

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