Description
Includes bibliographical references (p. 264-268) and index.
Table of Contents
Seeds of change / Herman J. Viola -- The demise of the Fifth Sun / Jane MacLaren Walsh and Yoko Sugiura -- American food crops in the Old World / William H. McNeill -- New World, vineyard to the Old / Henry Hobhouse -- Metamorphosis of the Americans / Alfred W. Crosby -- Ranching in the New World / Deb Bennett and Robert S. Hoffmann -- Pleasure, profit, and satiation / Sidney W. Mintz -- Antigua slaves and their struggle to survive / David Barry Gaspar -- Galways plantation, Montserrat / Lydia M. Pulsipher -- Savoring Africa in the New World / Robert L. Hall -- Hispanic American heritage / Joseph P. Sanchez -- An American Indian perspective / George P. Horse Capture -- Health and disease in the pre-Columbian world / John W. Verano and Douglas H. Ubelaker -- Three faces of Eden / Stanwyn G. Shetler -- Nature's future / Steven King and Liliana Campos Dudley.