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2015rif. x-1632384337ML Books International - IPS 2015. Hardcover. New. 368 pages. 9.02x5.98x1.02 inches. ML Books International - IPS hardcover
1986rif. 232843IN: Indiana University 1986. Hardcover. Fine/Very Good. First edition. Fine in very good dustwrapper. Very small rubbing across top of dustwrapper. Indiana University hardcover books
1966rif. 624707New York: New York Academy of Sciences 1966. Softcover. Near Fine. Volume 132 Art. 2. Tall octavo. 771-1090pp. Printed wrappers. Owner name of a noted American psychologist on the front cover spine sunned near fine. Proceedings of a 1965 conference of the same name. New York Academy of Sciences unknown books
2005rif. 2323255New York: Alfred A. Knopf 2005. Reprint. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. 6x1x9. Reprint. Top edge faintly foxed otherwise an excellent copy. Binding tight and square interior clean bright and unmarked. 2005 Hard Cover. xii 465 pp. A groundbreaking study that radically alters our understanding of the Americas before the arrival of the Europeans in 1492. Traditionally Americans learned in school that the ancestors of the people who inhabited the Western Hemisphere at the time of Columbus's landing had crossed the Bering Strait twelve thousand years ago; existed mainly in small nomadic bands; and lived so lightly on the land that the Americas was for all practical purposes still a vast wilderness. But as Charles C. Mann now makes clear archaeologists and anthropologists have spent the last thirty years proving these and many other long-held assumptions wrong. In a book that startles and persuades Mann reveals how a new generation of researchers equipped with novel scientific techniques came to previously unheard-of conclusions. Among them: In 1491 there were probably more people living in the Americas than in Europe. Certain cities - such as Tenochtitlan the Aztec capital - were far greater in population than any contemporary European city. Furthermore Tenochtitlan 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. Pre-Columbian Indians in Mexico developed corn by a breeding process so sophisticated that the journal Science recently described it as "man's first and perhaps the greatest feat of genetic engineering." Amazonian Indians learned how to farm the rain forest without destroying it - a process scientists are studying today in the hope of regaining this lost knowledge. Native Americans transformed their land so completely that Europeans arrived in a hemisphere already massively "landscaped" by human beings. Mann sheds clarifying light on the methods used to arrive at these new visions of the pre-Columbian Americas and how they have affected our understanding of our history and our thinking about the environment. His book is an exciting and learned account of scientific inquiry and revelation. Alfred A. Knopf hardcover books
2005rif. UMAN14901acmfAlfred A. Knopf 2005. Fine. Mann Charles C. 1491: New Revelations of the Americas Beofre Columbus. NY: Alfred A. Knopf 2005. 465pp. 8vo. Hardcover. Book condition: Near fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Good with bumped edges. Alfred A. Knopf hardcover books
rif. 9788573028492OBJETIVA. new. Como era a Am�rica quando Colombo desembarcou por aqui em 1492 Muito diferente do que nos contam nossos livros escolares revela o historiador Charles C. Mann no livro 1491. Na maioria deles o continente descrito como um territ�rio vasto pouqu�ssimo povoado por primitivos cujas culturas inevitavelmente se curvariam diante do poderio europeu. No entanto o que Mann - um historiador com alma de jornalista investigativo que colabora com as revistas ""Science"" e ""Atlantic Monthly"" - descobriu � que por d�cadas pesquisadores j� v�m encontrando respostas para essa pergunta. E para sua surpresa o que revelam em seus artigos � muito diferente do que pensa a maioria dos americanos e europeus e pouqu�ssimo conhecido fora dos c�rculos acad�micos especializados. Mas todos t�m pelo menos uma coisa em comum: sugerem que muito do que acreditamos est� muitas vezes errado. Por exemplo Mann conta que em 1491 havia provavelmente mais pessoas vivendo nas Am�ricas do que na Europa. Cidades como Tenochititl�n a capital asteca reuniam popula��es muito maiores do que qualquer cidade europ�ia contempor�nea e �� diferen�a de muitas capitais no velho mundo tinham �gua corrente e ruas limpas e ajardinadas. E detalhe: as primeiras cidades no continente j� prosperavam antes mesmo de os eg�pcios terem constru�do as suas grandes pir�mides. Mann sabe que muito do que relata no livro � especula��o ainda requer aprofundamento e pode sofrer mudan�as com o passar dos anos. No entanto suas descobertas chamam a aten��o para um olhar relativista que evita o etnocentrismo recorrente dos livros com foco na chegada dos europeus. Por isso mesmo a inten��o do autor n�o � fazer um relato cronol�gico e sistem�tico do desenvolvimento cultural e social do Hemisf�rio Ocidental antes da chegada dos europeus. Tampouco quer tra�ar uma hist�ria intelectual completa das mudan�as recentes de perspectiva entre os pesquisadores que estudam os primeiros americanos. Em vez disso 1491 explora os tr�s focos principais das novas descobertas: demografia �ndia origens �ndias e ecologia �ndia. Considerando que tantas sociedades diferentes ilustram esses pontos de modos t�o diversos Mann escolheu exemplos entre culturas que est�o mais bem documentadas ou que chamaram a aten��o mais recentemente ou que apenas pareceram mais intrigantes. Como � o caso da nova vers�o da vinda dos primeiros americanos que podem n�o ter migrado pelo estreito de Bhering em 12 mil AC como se especula mas sim pelo Pac�fico de barco dez ou vinte mil anos mais cedo. Ou revela��o de que no M�xico os �ndios pr�-colombianos desenvolveram o milho atrav�s de um processo reprodutivo t�o sofisticado que a revista Science o descreveu recentemente como a ""primeira e talvez maior proeza de engenharia gen�tica da humanidade"" OBJETIVA unknown
rif. BN1178341491 Second Edition: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus Vintage 1491 Second Edition: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus Vintage unknown
2005rif. Q-1565119789HighBridge Audio 2005-08-03. audioCD. New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! HighBridge Audio unknown
2005rif. Q-0739464418Alfred A. Knopf 2005-01-01. Paperback. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Alfred A. Knopf paperback
2006rif. Q-1400032059Vintage 2006-10-10. Paperback. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Vintage paperback
2005rif. Q-140004006XKnopf 2005-08-09. Hardcover. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Knopf hardcover
2005rif. 42629Westminister Maryland U.S.A.: Alfred A. Knopf 2005. 4th Ptg. . Hardcover. As New/As New. 8vo - over 7¾ - 9¾" tall. Large heavy book blue spine yellow boards very bright gilt lettering on spine 465 pages. DJ glossy beneath mylar colorfully designed with color-illustration of American Indian village on front two small color-illustrations at top back praise from Howard Zinn Richard Rhodes and others. DJ and book both As New. Alfred A. Knopf hardcover
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rif. BAY_20_SH_040385Siete Cuentos. Used - Good. Wraps are firm text block clean without highlights/underlining or markings. Some rubbing/curling to wraps. Previous library copy with usual markings/stickers or stamps. Well packaged and promptly shipped from California. Partnered with Friends of the Library since 2010. Siete Cuentos paperback
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2013rif. 2-2226245332Michel albin SA 2013. Paperback. New. 544 pages. French language. 9.45x6.14x1.65 inches. Michel albin SA paperback
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2013rif. 3612029Móstoles Madrid.: Katz. 2013. Paperback. Good. 23 cm. 631 p. il. mapas. Encuadernación en tapa blanda de editorial ilustrada. Colección 'Serie Ensayos'. Mann Charles C. 1955-. Traducción de Stella Mastrangelo. Título original: 1493. Colón Cristóbal. Influencia. Historia económica. Civilización moderna. América. Aspectos económicos . ISBN: 9788415917038; 9789871566785 Biografías 929 Colón Cristobal Política económica. Organización planificación y producción. Geografía económica 338.1100"15/." Síntesis históricas. Historia de la civilización 930.85100"15/." Viajes de descubrimientos. Expediciones 910.47/8:33 Katz. paperback
2011rif. 006182William Morrow & Co. 2011. Hardcover. As New/As New. 12mo - over 6¾ - 7¾" tall. Stated THIRD Printing same year And month as First Printing. SIGNED by author DIRECTLY ONTO TITLE PAGE Signature only. An impeccable As New copy in same condition Dust Jacket with original price in place on front flap. The volume is clean no markings with a tight text block. Illustrated with b/w photographs maps and graphs. Large Bibliography and Index at rear. 535 pages. Mylar protected jacket. William Morrow & Co. hardcover
2011rif. 1-0307265722Alfred a Knopf Inc 2011. Hardcover. New. 560 pages. 9.50x6.75x1.50 inches. Alfred a Knopf Inc hardcover
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2012rif. Q-0307278247Vintage 2012-07-24. Paperback. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! Vintage paperback
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