Customer Review: Slim though it is, this is a powerful little book. This insightful study of the biological consequences of the great culture clash that began in 1492 changed the way I think about history and has proved to be a valuable reference. It is a must-read for anyone interested in anthropology,... more info
Customer Review: This book sets out what Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies does, but in a less original way. It basicaly sets up a straw man by claiming that most people think Europeans conquered the New World and Oceania through weapons but in fact they were 'biologically' programmed to win. This... more info
Customer Review: The Columbian Exchange, by Dr. Alfred W. Crosby, as the title suggests, Crosby's work explains that the most influential aspect of the "discovery" of the "New World" in changing the paradigm of the "Old World" was not the economic ramifications or even the establishment of the United States, but... more info
Customer Review: As a short (167pp) and enjoyable history of the place of energy through human history, I can recommend Children of the Sun, by Alfred w. Crosby. This chronological survey of the subject -- spanning from the introduction of fire (at the time when yoga tights were made from mammoth fur) through the... more info
Customer Review: An important consideration when reading this book is to remember that it is the third part of a trilogy, with the first two parts being (1) "The Columbian Exchange" and (2) "Ecological Imperialism." Crosby's case studies in this book on the development of quantitative thinking in Europe are... more info
Customer Review: Introduction
Trying to make sense of the time period: 1910 to 1920, I referred to various media and formats. I began with Alfred W. Crosby's America's Forgotten Pandemic: The Influenza of 1918. Using Crosby's reportage as a starting point, I viewed 10 hours of video or a mini series based on... more info
Customer Review: Except for the part that is left out -- a rather important part, as it turns out -- Alfred Crosby's little essay on human action at a distance is an amusing, not entirely reliable assertion of one of those facts we all know but never perhaps knew we knew -- unknown knowns, as Don Rumsfeld might have... more info
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