Sunday, October 23, 2005
1491: A book to blow your mind
I've been waiting for this book, 1491, to come out ver since I read an abreviated version of it in the Atlantic Monthly about four years ago. When I first read that article I was in complete shock. The amazon rain forest a creation of man--the population of America in 1491 higher than that of Europe--a more equal society than europe--the genetic engineering of maze...!
The book makes me want to switch from Ancient Rome and Greece in my academic specilization to instead studying this amazing revision of history.
Salon reviews the book here.
Here are some reviews by major US newspapers.
The book makes me want to switch from Ancient Rome and Greece in my academic specilization to instead studying this amazing revision of history.
Salon reviews the book here.
Here are some reviews by major US newspapers.
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