{"product_id":"the-columbian-exchange-9780275980924","title":"The Columbian Exchange","description":"\u003cp\u003eThirty years ago, Alfred Crosby published a small work that illuminated a simple point, that the most important changes brought on by the voyages of Columbus were not social or political, but biological in nature. The book told the story of how 1492 sparked the movement of organisms, both large and small, in \u003ci\u003eboth \u003c\/i\u003edirections across the Atlantic. This Columbian exchange, between the Old World and the New, changed the history of our planet drastically and forever. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe book \u003ci\u003eThe Columbian Exchange \u003c\/i\u003echanged the field of history drastically and forever as well. It has become one of the foundational works in the burgeoning field of environmental history, and it remains one of the canonical texts for the study of world history. This 30th anniversary edition of \u003ci\u003eThe Columbian Exchange \u003c\/i\u003eincludes a new preface from the author, reflecting on the book and its creation, and a new foreword by J. R. McNeill that demonstrates how Crosby established a brand new perspective for understanding ecological and social events. As the foreword indicates, \u003ci\u003eThe Columbian Exchange \u003c\/i\u003eremains a vital book, a small work that contains within the inspiration for future examinations into what happens when two peoples, separated by time and space, finally meet.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-11942839\"\u003eAlfred W. Crosby\u003c\/a\u003e, \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-8670394\"\u003eRobert H. Walker\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e ABC-Clio, LLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/01\/2003\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 320\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.22h x 5.52w x 0.91d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780275980924\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0275980928\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-HIS\"\u003eHistory\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-HIS037000\"\u003eWorld | General\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAlfred W. Crosby, Jr.\u003c\/b\u003e is professor emeritus of American studies, history, and geography at the University of Texas, Austin. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eEcological Imperialism: The Biological Expansion of Europe, 900-1900\u003c\/i\u003e (1986), \u003ci\u003eAmerica's Forgotten Pandemic: The Influenza of 1918\u003c\/i\u003e (1989), \u003ci\u003eThe Measure of Reality: Quantification and Western Society, 1250-1600\u003c\/i\u003e (1997), and most recently \u003ci\u003eThrowing Fire: Projectile Technology through History\u003c\/i\u003e (2002).\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"ABC-Clio, LLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44713005613293,"sku":"9780275980924","price":71.25,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_3659c7b3-e5b1-4046-9fbb-d0252e502482.jpg?v=1704079403","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/the-columbian-exchange-9780275980924","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}