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Title: Misleading title, misleading subtitle
Review: Caveat emptor. The first 1/3 of this book is about what happened to native populations in the Western Hemisphere AFTER the appearance of Europeans. It is not about the Americas before Columbus. Once again, focus on white conquerors and settlers, use the putative subjects as their foils. Mann writes very well, and the book is not dull; but it's not what it purports to be.
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