Title 1493 for young people : from Columbus's voyage to globalization / Charles C. Mann ; adapted by Rebecca Stefoff.

Publication Info.	New York, NY : Seven Stories Press, [2014]
	©2014

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Location	Call No.	Status
Berlin-Peck Memorial Library - Teen	YA 909.8 MANN	Check Shelf
Mansfield, Main Library - Adult Nonfiction	909.08 MANN	Check Shelf
New Britain, Jefferson Branch - Young Adult	YA 973 M31	In Transit
New Britain, Main Library - Young Adult	YA 973 M31	Check Shelf

Description	vi, 407 pages : illustrations (some color), maps ; 22 cm.
Series	For young people series
Note	"A Triangle Square book for young readers."
	Includes index.
Summary	"1493 for Young People by Charles C. Mann tells 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 rubber plant enable industrialization? What is the connection 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 provides tools for wrestling with the most pressing issues of today, and will empower young people as they struggle with a changing world"-- Provided by publisher.
Subject	Columbus, Christopher -- Influence.
	JUVENILE NONFICTION / History / Exploration & Discovery.
	America -- Discovery and exploration -- Environmental aspects -- Juvenile literature.
	Slave trade -- History -- Juvenile literature.
	Ecology -- History.
	Agriculture -- History -- Juvenile literature.
	Economic history -- Juvenile literature.
	JUVENILE NONFICTION / History / Central & South America.
	Globalization -- Juvenile literature.
	Commerce -- History -- Juvenile literature.
Local Subject	Trafficking in enslaved persons -- History -- Juvenile literature.
Subject	Columbus, Christopher -- Influence -- Juvenile literature.
	Ecology -- History -- Juvenile literature.
	History, Modern -- Juvenile literature.
	Industrial revolution -- Juvenile literature.
	America -- Discovery and exploration -- Economic aspects -- Juvenile literature.
	JUVENILE NONFICTION / Social Science / Customs, Traditions, Anthropology.
Added Author	Stefoff, Rebecca, 1951-
Added Title	Fourteen ninety-three for young people
	Fourteen hundred ninety-three for young people
ISBN	9781609806637 (paperback)
	1609806638 (paperback)
	9781609806309 (hardback)
	1609806301 (hardback)

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