Indian givers : how Native Americans transformed the world / Jack Weatherford.
Material type: TextPublication details: New York, N.Y. : Three Rivers Press, 2010, c1988.Edition: 1st. Three Rivers Press edDescription: x, 351 p. ; 21 cmISBN:- 0307717151
- 9780307717153
- How Native Americans transformed the world
Item type | Home library | Collection | Call number | Materials specified | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds | |
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Adult Book | Dr. James Carlson Library | NonFiction | 970.01 W362 | Available | 33111006041301 | ||||
Adult Book | Main Library | NonFiction | 970.01 W362 | Available | 33111006300673 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
An utterly compelling story of how the cultural, social, and political practices of Native Americans transformed the way life is lived throughout the world, with a new introduction by the author
"As entertaining as it is thoughtful . . . Few contemporary writers have Weatherford's talent for making the deep sweep of history seem vital and immediate."-- The Washington Post
After 500 years, the world's huge debt to the wisdom of the Native Americans has finally been explored in all its vivid drama by anthropologist Jack Weatherford. He traces the crucial contributions made by the Native Americans to our federal system of government, our democratic institutions, modern medicine, agriculture, architecture, and ecology, and in this astonishing, ground-breaking book takes a giant step toward recovering a true American history.
"Originally published in hardcover in slightly different form in the United States by Crown Publishers...New York, in 1988."--T.p. verso.
"With a new introduction by the author"--T.p.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction -- 1. Silver and money capitalism -- 2. Piracy, slavery, and the birth of corporations -- 3. The American Indian path to industrialization -- 4. The food revolution -- 5. Indian agricultural technology -- 6. The culinary revolution -- 7. Liberty, anarchism, and the noble savage -- 8. The founding Indian fathers -- 9. Red sticks and revolution -- 10. The Indian healer -- 11. The drug connection -- 12. Architecture and urban planning -- 13. The pathfinders -- 14. When will America be discovered? -- References -- Acknowledgments -- Index.
"Beloved author Jack Weatherford's classic work is now available with a new introduction by the author. 'Indian Givers' is the utterly compelling story of how the cultural, social, and political practices of Native Americans transformed the way life is lived throughout the world."--P.[4] of cover.