This is a great deal of fun. Since I had just listened to the first set of America Before 1776, much about the Columbian Exchange wasn't new, but it still is great to hear a version of history that makes more sense than the usual mythology. It's easy to tell that Loewen's interest is the Nadir of race relations, but I would have loved him to have turned his attention to many of the other aspects of American history- medicine, and science, and other periods than he was able to cover. I think it was a 14 lecture course and could easily have been twice as long. ( )