A deeply engaging new history of how European settlements in the post-Colombian Americas shaped the world, from the bestselling author of 1491 . Presenting the latest research by biologists, anthropologists, archaeologists, and historians, Mann shows how the post-Columbian network of ecological and economic exchange fostered the rise of Europe, devastated imperial China, convulsed Africa, and for two centuries made Mexico City—where Asia, Europe, and the new frontier of the Americas dynamically interacted—the center of the world. In this history, Mann uncovers the germ of today's fiercest political disputes, from immigration to trade policy to culture wars. In 1493 , Mann has again given readers an eye-opening scientific interpretation of our past, unequaled in its authority and fascination.

查尔斯·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，曾三次进入美国国家杂志奖决赛的作者，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。他的著作《1491》赢得了美国国家学院传播奖的年度最佳图书奖。