1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus

Description: 1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus Product Description Product Description In this groundbreaking work of science, history, and archaeology, Charles C. Mann radically alters our understanding of the Americas before the arrival of Columbus in 1492. Contrary to what so many Americans learn in school, the pre-Columbian Indians were not sparsely settled in a pristine wilderness; rather, there were huge numbers of Indians who actively molded and influenced the land around them. The astonishing Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan had running water and immaculately clean streets, and was larger than any contemporary European city. Mexican cultures created corn in a specialized breeding process that it has been Indeed, Indians were not living lightly on the land but were landscaping and manipulating their world in ways that we are only now beginning to understand. Challenging and surprising, this a transformative new look at a rich and fascinating world we only thought we knew. Review “A journalistic masterpiece.”—The New York Review of Books“Marvelous. . . . A sweeping portrait of human life in the Americas before the arrival of Columbus. . . . A remarkably engaging writer.”—The New York Times Book Review “Fascinating. . . . A landmark of a book that drops ingrained images of colonial American into the dustbin, one after the other.”—The Boston Globe“A ripping, man-on-the-ground tour of a world most of us barely intuit. . . . An exhilarating shift in perspective. . . . 1491 erases our myth of a wilderness Eden. It replaces that fallacy with evidence of a different genesis, exciting and closer to true.”—The Cleveland Plain Dealer“Mann tells a powerful, provocative and important story. . . . 1491 vividly compels us to re-examine how we teach the ancient history of the Americas and how we live with the environmental consequences of colonization.”—The Washington Post Book World“Engagingly written and utterly absorbing. . . . Part detective story, part epic and part tragedy.”—The Miami Herald“Provocative. . . . A Jared Diamond-like volley that challenges prevailing thinking about global development. Mann has chronicled an important shift in our vision of world development, one out young children could end up studying in their text books when they reach junior high.”—San Francisco Chronicle“Marvelous. . . . A revelation. . . . Our concept of pure wilderness untouched by grubby human hands must now be jettisoned.”—The New York Sun“Monumental. . . . Mann slips in so many fresh, new interpretations of American history that it all adds up to a deeply subversive work.”—Salon“Concise and brilliantly entertaining. . . . Reminiscent of John McPhee's eloquence with scientific detail.”—Los Angeles Times About the Author Charles C. Mann, a correspondent for The Atlantic, Science, and Wired, has written for Fortune, The New York Times, Smithsonian, Technology Review, Vanity Fair, and The Washington Post, as well as for the TV network HBO and the series Law & Order. A three-time National Magazine Award finalist, he is the recipient of writing awards from the American Bar Association, the American Institute of Physics, the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, and the Lannan Foundation. His 1491 won the National Academies Communication Award for the best book of the year. He lives in Amherst, Massachusetts. Excerpt. © Reprinted by permission. All rights reserved. Why Billington Survived THE FRIENDLY INDIAN On March 22, 1621, an official Native American delegation walked through what is now southern New England to negotiate with a group of foreigners who had taken over a recently deserted Indian settlement. At the head of the party was an uneasy triumvirate: Massasoit, the sachem (political-military leader) of the Wampanoag confederation, a loose coalition of several dozen villages that controlled most of what is now southeastern Massachusetts; Samoset, sachem of an allied group to the north; and Tisquantum, a distrusted captive, who Vintage Books USA About Us Payment Shipping Return We are here to provide you a high quality product at an excellent value. You are ensured to have a great buying experience, and we want thank you for shopping with us! We process all payments through PayPal. You may use all major credit cards within PayPal. For “Buy It Now” listings, your PayPal payment is due immediately at time of checkout. 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