Indian Givers: How Native Americans Transformed the World
Autor Jack Weatherforden Limba Engleză Paperback – 31 iul 2010
THE WASHINGTON POST
After 500 years, the world's huge debt to the wisdom of the Indians of the Americas has finally been explored in all its vivid drama by anthropologist Jack Weatherford. He traces the crucial contributions made by the Indians 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.
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780307717153
ISBN-10: 0307717151
Pagini: 351
Dimensiuni: 135 x 203 x 20 mm
Greutate: 0.28 kg
Editura: Three Rivers Press (CA)
ISBN-10: 0307717151
Pagini: 351
Dimensiuni: 135 x 203 x 20 mm
Greutate: 0.28 kg
Editura: Three Rivers Press (CA)
Notă biografică
JACK WEATHERFORD holds the DeWitt Wallace Chair of Anthropology at Macalester College in Minnesota and an honorary position at Chinggis Khaan University in Mongolia. In 2007 he received the Order of the Polar Star, the highest award for service to the Mongol Nation of Genghis Khan.
Descriere
In a fascinating new look at the Indians of North and South America, "Indian Givers" proves these people were instrumental in shaping world culture--from the monetary system to our diets to political organizations and our beliefs.