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Viola, Herman J.

Seeds of Change: A Quincentennial Commemoration (Five Hunderd Years Since Columbus)

Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D.C., 1991,

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ISBN
1560980354
Author
Viola, Herman J.
Publishers
Smithsonian Institution Press, Washington D.C., 1991
Keyword
Indians Indiani America
Cover description
As New
Binding description
H
Dust jacket
Yes
State of preservation
As New
Binding
Hardcover
Inscribed
No
First edition
No

Description

4to, pp.277. illustrauions. The Old and New World exchange of plants and agricultural products such as sugarcane, maize, potatoes, wine, horses, various other plants and animals, as well as diseases, over the course of five hundred years, is detailed, tracing the cultural, biological and environmental change they precipitated. The encounter and exchange between Europe and the hundreds of complex cultures of the Americas and Africa are chronicled, "contributing the perspectives of African American, Native American, Hispanic, and other cultural groups on the global impact of Columbus." heavy book may require additional postage for international orders.