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Book summary. Mann develops his arguments from a variety of recent re-assessments of longstanding views about the pre-Columbian world, based on new findings in demography, climatology, epidemiology, economics, botany, genetics, image analysis, palynology, molecular biology, biochemistry, and soil science.
- Charles C. Mann
- xii, 465 p.: ill., maps (1st ed.)
- 2005
- 2005
In 2006 his book 1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus won the National Academies Communication Award for best book of the year. He is the co-author of four books, and contributing editor for Science, The Atlantic Monthly, and Wired . Biography. Mann was born in 1955 and graduated from Amherst College in 1976.
- English
- Nonfiction
Oct 9, 2005 · Listen here. 1491 New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus. By Charles C. Mann. Illustrated. 462 pp. Alfred A. Knopf. $30.
Oct 10, 2006 · Charles C. Mann. Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, Oct 10, 2006 - History - 576 pages. NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A groundbreaking work of science, history, and archaeology that radically alters our...
1491: The Untold Story of the Americas Before Columbus is an eight-episode docu-drama television mini-series based on The New York Times best-selling book 1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus by Charles C. Mann (Knopf, 2005).
Oct 10, 2006 · Fascinating book revising assumptions regarding ancient America: 1491 - New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus. In 1491 there were more people in the Americas (100 million +) than in Europe with vast cities thriving before the Egyptians built the great pyramids.
1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus is a 2005 non-fiction book by American author and science writer Charles C. Mann about the pre-Columbian Americas. It was the 2006 winner of the National Academies Communication Award for best creative work that helps the public's understanding of topics in science, engineering or medicine.