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1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus - Charles C. Mann
1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus
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Format: hardcover
ISBN: 9781400040063 (140004006X)
Publisher: Alfred A. Knopf (NYC)
Pages no: 466
Edition language: English
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Merle
Merle rated it
4.5 1491 by Charles Mann
This is an important book. The author compiles historical and archaeological research to provide a history of the Americas before (and shortly after) the arrival of Europeans. And it’s a legit history, in ways I didn’t realize were even lacking in my previous acquaintance with early American history...
Chris' Fish Place
Chris' Fish Place rated it
4.0 Must Read History
This is the type of book that you read, and you actually learn from. The focus is on the societies in the Americas, in particular Meso-America, prior to the discovery or arrival of Europeans. There is quite a bit about the societies but also about why diseases affected Native Americans far differe...
Cassandra Reads
Cassandra Reads rated it
4.0 1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus [Charles C. Mann]
In some ways, I'm just really glad to be done with this book. I didn't have a plan for reading this one, so it took longer than it really should have taken. I'd never really considered how the early setterers viewed the Native Americans or how history viewed them later on. It makes no sense to me th...
Books, Dogs, and Other Blogs
Books, Dogs, and Other Blogs rated it
4.0
I really enjoyed reading this book. It read like an interesting textbook, engaging and informative, but was almost informal at times. Parts were like a friend telling a story rather than reading a historical account. It was entertaining, but quite dense with information so it took a while to get thr...
wjmcomposer
wjmcomposer rated it
5.0 1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus
Quite frankly an amazing book, and one of the very few I'd suggest is a MUST read. If you're ready to let go the myth of the hapless 'noble savage' and to release your mental image of a loin-clothed squaw with a single rear rolling down her cheek, and are ready to consider the possibility of fairly ...
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