The Columbian Exchange.

Format:

Video

Series:

Academic Video Online

Crash Course World History

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Environmental aspects.

Economic history.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (12 minutes)

Other Title:

The Columbian Exchange Crash Course World History

Place of Publication:

[Place of publication not identified] : Crash Course World History, [date of publication not identified]

System Details:

video file

Summary:

In which John Green teaches you about the changes wrought by contact between the Old World and the New. John does this by exploring the totally awesome history book "The Columbian Exchange" by Alfred Cosby, Jr. After Columbus "discovered" the Americas, European conquerors, traders, and settlers brought all manner of changes to the formerly isolated continents. Disease and invasive plant and animal species remade the New World, usually in negative ways. While native people, plants, and animals were being displaced in the Americas, the rest of the world was benefitting from American imports, especially foods like maize, tomatoes, potatoes, pineapple, blueberries, sweet potatoes, and manioc. Was the Columbian Exchange a net positive? It's debatable. So debate.

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