1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus

1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus

Cover/Jacket Design byAbby Weintraub
Cover photoJohn White
Cover Art byMiguel Covarrubias
ImprintVintage Books
PublisherRandom House, Inc.
Author photo/portraitJ.D. Sloan
Book Design byVirginia Tan
Copyright HolderCharles C. Mann
FormatTrade Paperback
LanguageEnglish
This Edition Published2006-10-00
Copyright2005, 2006
Pages / Font541 pages
ISBN 13978-1-4000-3205-1
ISBN 101-4000-3205-9
Barcode9781400032051
EAN 551595
PriceU.S. $15.95
PriceCAN. $18.95
Printer's Key12 14 16 18 20 19 17 15 13
ChaptersList of Maps Preface INTRODUCTION / Holmberg's Mistake 1. A View from Above PART ONE / Numbers from Nowhere? 2. Why Billington Survived 3. In the Land of Four Quarters 4. Frequently Asked Questions PART TWO / Very Old Bones 5. Pleistocene Wars 6. Cotton (or Anchovies) and Maize (Tales of Two Civilizations, Part I) 7. Writing, Wheels, and Bucket Brigades (Tales of Two Civilizations, Part II) PART THREE / Landscape with Figures 8. Made in America 9. Amazonia 10. The Artificial Wilderness 11. The Great Law of Peace Afterword for the Vintage Edition Appendixes A. Loaded Words B. Talking Knots C. The Syphilis Exceptions D. Calendar Math Acknowledgments Notes Bibliography Index
Notes"With a new afterword" The Library of Congress catalog information is for the Knopf edition. Printed in the United States of America
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