Christopher Cumo: 4 books

Most people have only the vaguest notion of how profoundly the world was changed by Christopher Columbus's arrival in the Americas. Indeed, some of what is commonly regarded as "traditional" Native American life and culture—living in teepees and hunting buffalo from horseback, for example—came...

Western civilization was for centuries held together by the glue of Christianity, the religion founded upon the teachings and actions of Jesus — to the extent that it may be possible to infer them from the written record. This book has grown out of the conviction that the methods of history in particular...

Readers of this expansive, three-volume encyclopedia will gain scientific, sociological, and demographic insight into the complex relationship between plants and humans across history.

Serving students and general readers alike, this encyclopedia addresses the myriad and profound ways foods have shaped the world we inhabit, from prehistory to the present. • Overviews the foods that have changed the world from prehistory to the present • Gives attention to the relationships...