SEEDS OF CHANGE PB

SEEDS OF CHANGE PB
ISBN-10
1560980362
ISBN-13
9781560980360
Pages
277
Language
English
Published
1991-08-17
Publisher
Smithsonian
Author
Carolyn Margolis

Description

The companion volume to the most comprehensive of the Smithsonian's Quincentenary programs, the National Museum of Natural History's' "Seeds of Change" exhibition (October 1991 through April 1993). Informed, accessible, and beautifully illustrated, the volume traces the sometimes deliberate, sometimes unintentional exchanges of plants, animals, culture, and diseases between the Old and New Worlds over the course of 500 years since Columbus' voyages, focusing on five "seeds"--sugar, corn, the potato, disease, and the horse. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR