Introduction: About this Book
PART ONE: One World
o Chapter 1: Two Monuments
o Chapter 2: Reversals of Fortune
PART TWO: Atlantic Journeys
o Chapter 3: The Tobacco Coast
o Chapter 4: Evil Air
PART THREE: Pacific Journeys
o Chapter 5: Shiploads of Silver
o Chapter 6: Lovesick Grass, Foreign Tubers, and Jade Rice
PART FOUR: Europe in the World
o Chapter 7: Potato Power, Potato Pests
o Chapter 8: Wealth That Grew on Trees
PART FIVE: Africa in the World
o Chapter 9: Crazy Soup
o Chapter 10: Forest of Fugitives
Afterword: Currents of Life
Timeline
Glossary
Index
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