LEADER 03162nam 2200625 a 450 001 9910967905103321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-8173-8345-X 035 $a(CKB)2550000000005622 035 $a(EBL)475232 035 $a(OCoLC)609852666 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000356574 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11256512 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000356574 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10359701 035 $a(PQKB)10317180 035 $a(OCoLC)643991895 035 $a(MdBmJHUP)muse9163 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL475232 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10387613 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC475232 035 $a(EXLCZ)992550000000005622 100 $a20040811d2005 ub 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 14$aThe Americas that might have been $eNative American social systems through time /$fJulian Granberry 210 $aTuscaloosa $cUniversity of Alabama Press$dc2005 215 $a1 online resource (221 p.) 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 08$a0-8173-1457-1 311 08$a0-8173-5182-5 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [181]-197) and index. 327 $aIntroduction : 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. 330 $aThis 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, nonfi 606 $aIndians$xFirst contact with other peoples 606 $aIndians$xTransatlantic influences 606 $aIndians$xColonization 607 $aAmerica$xDiscovery and exploration 607 $aAmerica$xColonization 607 $aEurope$xColonies$zAmerica 615 0$aIndians$xFirst contact with other peoples. 615 0$aIndians$xTransatlantic influences. 615 0$aIndians$xColonization. 676 $a303.48/2/08997 700 $aGranberry$b Julian$01792110 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910967905103321 996 $aThe Americas that might have been$94381878 997 $aUNINA