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Autore |
Granberry Julian |
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Titolo |
The Americas that might have been [[electronic resource] ] : Native American social systems through time / / Julian Granberry |
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Tuscaloosa, : University of Alabama Press, c2005 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (221 p.) |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Indians - First contact with other peoples |
Indians - Transatlantic influences |
Indians - Colonization |
America Discovery and exploration |
America Colonization |
Europe Colonies America |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [181]-197) and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Introduction : the whys and wherefores -- Men out of Asia -- America 1492 -- Native philosophies of life -- Unitary norms : the Asian perspective -- The dualistic view : the European norm -- The trinary compromise : the Near Eastern norm -- The empire of Tawantinsuyu -- The empire of the Méxica -- The Maya kingdoms -- The Mississippian cities and towns -- The Pueblo towns -- The Taíno chiefdoms -- Hemispheric-internal relationships in the twenty-first century : the inner design -- Commerce and discovery of the old world -- International alliances and interaction in the twenty-first century : the outer scheme -- Epilogue: the first Baktun. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This work answers the hypothetical question: What would the Americas be like today-politically, economically, culturally-if Columbus and the Europeans had never found them, and how would American peoples interact with the world's other societies? It assumes that Columbus did not embark from Spain in 1492 and that no Europeans found or settled the New World afterward, leaving the peoples of the two American continents free to follow the natural course of their Native lives. The Americas That Might Have Been is a professional but layman- |
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