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RECORD NUMBER: 1 OF 2| Main Title | Indian givers : how the Indians of the Americas transformed the world / | |||||||||||
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| Author | Weatherford, Jack, ; Weatherford, J. McIver, | |||||||||||
| Publisher | Crown Publishers, | |||||||||||
| Year Published | 1988 | |||||||||||
| OCLC Number | 17618797 | |||||||||||
| ISBN | 0517569698; 9780517569696 | |||||||||||
| Subjects | Civilization--Indian influences ; Civilization, Modern--History ; Indians of North America--Colonization ; Indianer ; Kultur ; Rezeption ; Modern civilization--History ; American civilization--History ; Civilisation--Influence indienne d'Amerique ; Civilisation moderne--Histoire ; Indiens--Amerique du Nord--Colonisation | |||||||||||
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| Edition | 1st ed. | |||||||||||
| Collation | x, 272 pages ; 24 cm | |||||||||||
| Notes | Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-266) and index. |
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| Contents Notes | Silver and money capitalism -- Piracy, slavery, and the birth of corporations -- The American Indian path to industrialization -- The food revolution -- Indian agricultural technology -- The culinary revolution -- Liberty, anarchism, and the noble savage -- The founding Indian fathers -- Red sticks and revolution -- The Indian healer -- The drug connection -- Architecture and urban planning -- The pathfinders --- When will America be discovered? American Indian impact on Western civilization, including economic conditions, agriculture, diet, political thought, medicine, drug use, architecture, and urban planning. |