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Title:
1493 : uncovering the new world Columbus created [DAISY talking book]
Author:
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Publication Date:
2020
Publication Information:
Toronto : CELA, 2020.
Toronto : CNIB, 2020.
Physical Description:
1 computer laser optical disc (25 hrs., 24 min.) : sound, 4 3/4 in.
ISBN:
9780221063749
Abstract:
Following 1491: New Revelations of the Americas before Columbus, science journalist Mann studies the convergence of the Old and New Worlds and explores its long-term effects. Concentrates on ecology and economics and explains how the discovery of the Americas led to globalization and the modern world. Bestseller. 2011.
General Note:
Digital audiobook in DAISY format.
Performers:
Narrated by: Ken Kliban.
Contents:
In the Homogenocene. Two monuments. -- Atlantic Journeys. The tobacco coast ; Evil air. -- Pacific Journeys. Shiploads of money (Silk for silver, part one) ; Lovesick grass, foreign tubers, and jade rice (Silk for silver, part two). -- Europe in the World. The agro-industrial complex ; Black gold. -- Africa in the World. Crazy soup ; Forest of fugitives. -- Currents of Life. In Bulalacao. -- Fighting words ; Globalization in beta.
Technical Details:
Digital to DAISY.
DAISY 2.02 standard; MP3 compression at 32 kbps.
Genre:
Language:
English
