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The Americas that might have been [[electronic resource] ] : Native American social systems through time / / Julian Granberry



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Autore: Granberry Julian Visualizza persona
Titolo: The Americas that might have been [[electronic resource] ] : Native American social systems through time / / Julian Granberry Visualizza cluster
Pubblicazione: Tuscaloosa, : University of Alabama Press, c2005
Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (221 p.)
Disciplina: 303.48/2/08997
Soggetto topico: Indians - First contact with Europeans
Indians - Transatlantic influences
Indians - Colonization
Soggetto geografico: America Discovery and exploration
America Colonization
Europe Colonies America
Soggetto genere / forma: Electronic books.
Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. [181]-197) and index.
Nota di contenuto: 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.
Sommario/riassunto: 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, nonfi
Titolo autorizzato: The Americas that might have been  Visualizza cluster
ISBN: 0-8173-8345-X
Formato: Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
Record Nr.: 9910456314303321
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