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1493 for Young People by Charles C. Mann instructs the gripping account of globalization through travel, trade, colonization, and migration from its beginnings in the 15th century to the present. How do the lowly potato herb feed the indegent across Europe and then cause the fatalities of large numbers? How do the rubber herb enable industrialization? What is the connection between malaria, slavery, and the results of the American Revolution? How do the fabled silver precious metal mountain of 16th-century Bolivia account financial development in the flood-prone plains of rural China and the wars of the Spanish Empire? Here is the account of how sometimes the best leaps also posed the best threats to individual advancement. Mann's language is as plainspoken and clear as it is provocative, his research and erudition huge, his conclusions ones that will stimulate the critical thinking about teenagers. 1493 for Young People provides tools for wrestling with the most pressing issues of today and can empower teenagers as they struggle with a changing world.
