查尔斯·C·曼恩是《大西洋月刊》、《科学》和《连线》杂志的撰稿人。他也为《财富》杂志、《纽约时报》、《史密森尼》、《名利场》、《华盛顿邮报》供过稿,还为HBO电视台的连续剧《法律与秩序》撰写过脚本。作为曾三次进入美国国家杂志奖决赛的作者,曼恩至今已被美国律师协会、美国物理研究会、阿尔弗雷德·P·斯隆基金会和兰南基金会授予过与写作相关的奖项。《1491》赢得了美国国家学院传播奖的年度最佳图书奖。他住在马萨诸塞州的阿姆赫斯特。
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. From the astonishing Aztec capital of Tenochtitlán, which had running water, immaculately clean streets, and was larger than any contemporary European city, to the Mexican corn that was so carefully created in a specialized breeding process that it has been called man’s first feat of genetic engineering, 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.
我们坐在空调房里,啜饮巴西咖啡。但事实上,咖啡的原产地在非洲,后来才成了中美洲农产品。中美洲驯化的玉米和亚马逊流域驯化的木薯则投桃报李,成了非洲热带地区的主粮。如果美洲没有输出辣椒,川菜就不会那么重口味;如果没有番茄,西红柿蛋汤就不会成为我们的国...
评分好书一旦读起来,有非常强的连贯性。比如去年年初读了戴蒙德的《枪炮、病菌与钢铁》,探讨影响人类文明发展程度的几个重要因素。今年年初读了他的另一本著作《崩溃》,讲的是导致人类文明崩溃的几个重要因素,是一本偏环保主义的书。 《崩溃》里面提到了一些已经消逝的美洲文明...
评分 评分得到听书: 首先,咱们说到美洲大陆在哥伦布到来之前,并不是一个荒凉原始、人烟稀少的地方。在15世纪时这里人口众多,远超同时期的欧洲,人口密度最大的地方,甚至是中国和印度的两倍。只是由于欧洲人的到来,带来了美洲人从未遭遇过、毫无免疫力的病毒,才使得美洲人口锐减。...
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评分To me, it is a revelation. Thanks Mann.
评分这本书没有中译本?
评分这本书没有中译本?
评分这本书没有中译本?
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