03162nam 2200625 a 450 991096790510332120200520144314.00-8173-8345-X(CKB)2550000000005622(EBL)475232(OCoLC)609852666(SSID)ssj0000356574(PQKBManifestationID)11256512(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000356574(PQKBWorkID)10359701(PQKB)10317180(OCoLC)643991895(MdBmJHUP)muse9163(Au-PeEL)EBL475232(CaPaEBR)ebr10387613(MiAaPQ)EBC475232(EXLCZ)99255000000000562220040811d2005 ub 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe Americas that might have been Native American social systems through time /Julian GranberryTuscaloosa University of Alabama Pressc20051 online resource (221 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-8173-1457-1 0-8173-5182-5 Includes bibliographical references (p. [181]-197) and index.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 Mexica -- The Maya kingdoms -- The Mississippian cities and towns -- The Pueblo towns -- The Taino 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.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-accessible, fact-based, nonfiIndiansFirst contact with other peoplesIndiansTransatlantic influencesIndiansColonizationAmericaDiscovery and explorationAmericaColonizationEuropeColoniesAmericaIndiansFirst contact with other peoples.IndiansTransatlantic influences.IndiansColonization.303.48/2/08997Granberry Julian1792110MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910967905103321The Americas that might have been4381878UNINA