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  • From: "SISU!" <erthnsky AT bellsouth.net>
  • To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [Homestead] Happy Columbus Day!
  • Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2006 18:13:33 -0400

Well, I did mean for the betterment of Europe, BUT, hmmmm, lemme think...
I loaned the book to a friend, just called her, and she will be bringing
it back to me tomorrow so I can look up stuff for real, but didn't they
bring horses and citrus to the new world? Pigs? Does that stuff count?
I know you can make an argument that all of those things are
destructive to the ecosystem, but really, any new thing like that would
be. It really is a good book, especially for anyone who likes history.
Here's the book:

http://www.amazon.com/Seeds-Change-Herman-J-Viola/dp/1569560889
and
http://www.oxbowbooks.com/bookinfo.cfm/ID/12689?/Location/Oxbow

Bev

Lynda wrote:

Can you give us an example of *any* changes that were good for
America? I think we could have lived quite nicely without the
invasive snails <g>

I mean I know how Europe was improved. Where in the world would
Italian cooking be without the red sauce and polenta or the Irish
without potatoes <g>

Lynda. ----- Original Message ----- From: "SISU!"
<erthnsky AT bellsouth.net>


Speaking of Columbus...there is a book called _Seeds of Change_
which talks about how Columbus' voyages changed America and Europe
in both good ways and bad. I recommend it.

Bev


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