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Beginning with columbus in 1492, the author traces the successful global proliferation of western european animals, plants, and. Five plants that transformed mankind, which altered the way we understand. Six plants that transformed mankind, henry hobhouse, counterpoint press, 2005, isbn 03337362819 paperback. He is the author of seeds of wealth and seeds of change. In his seminal book seeds of change, henry hobhouse described the history of five plants that profoundly influenced civilisation, giving us sugar, tea, cotton, potatoes and quinine. Start your 48hour free trial to unlock this leonard t. The story of acorn, americas most controversial antipoverty community organizing group. By way of example, in seeds of change, the historian henry hobhouse 1985, xi writes that the starting point for the european expansion out of the mediterranean had nothing to do with, say, religion or the rise of capitalism but it had a great deal to do with pepper. Five plants that transformed mankind, which altered the way we understand modern history.