Terry Gross (of NPR radio) interviews Charles Mann, author of 1493. The book discusses the ecological impacts of European arrival in the Americas. Mann talks about plants, animals, disease, and slavery as major contributors to a transforming continent.
Listen to the full interview:
http://www.npr.org/2011/08/08/138924127/in-1493-columbus-shaped-a-world-to-be
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