America In 1492 The World Of The Indian Peoples Before The Arrival Of Columbus

Author : Alvin M. Josephy, Jr.
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 498 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 1993-02-02
Category : History
ISBN : 9780679743378

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America in 1492 by Alvin M. Josephy, Jr. Pdf

When Columbus landed in 1492, the New World was far from being a vast expanse of empty wilderness: it was home to some seventy-five million people. They ranged from the Arctic to Tierra del Fuego, spoke as many as two thousand different languages, and lived in groups that varied from small bands of hunter-gatherers to the sophisticated and dazzling empires of the Incas and Aztecs. This brilliantly detailed and documented volume brings together essays by fifteen leading scholars field to present a comprehensive and richly evocative portrait of Native American life on the eve of Columbus's first landfall. Developed at the D'Arcy McNickle Center for the History of the American Indian and edited by award-winning author Alvin M. Josehpy, Jr., America in 1492 is an invaluable work that combines the insights of historians, anthropologists, and students of art, religion, and folklore. Its dozens of illustrations, drawn from largely from the rare books and manuscripts housed at the Newberry Library, open a window on worlds flourished in the Americas five hundred years ago.

Author : Alvin M. Josephy, Jr.
Publisher : Turtleback Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 1993-02
Category : History
ISBN : 1417633824

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America in 1492: The World of the Indian Peoples Before the Arrival of Columbus by Alvin M. Josephy, Jr. Pdf

Under the editorship of the chairman of the National Museum of the American Indian, 15 prominent scholars present a richly detailed portrait of the civilizations that flourished in the Americas on the eve of Columbus's arrival. These essays explore societies ranging from the hunter-gatherers of the Arctic to the Inca empire. Photographs and maps.

Author : Christopher Columbus
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 44 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 1893
Category : America
ISBN : PSU:000012952243

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Letter of Christopher Columbus to Rafael Sanchez by Christopher Columbus Pdf

Author : Charles C. Mann
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 578 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2006-10-10
Category : History
ISBN : 9781400032051

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1491 (Second Edition) by Charles C. Mann Pdf

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A groundbreaking work of science, history, and archaeology that radically alters our understanding of the Americas before the arrival of Columbus in 1492—from “a remarkably engaging writer” (The New York Times Book Review). Contrary to what so many Americans learn in school, the pre-Columbian Indians were not sparsely settled in a pristine wilderness; rather, there were huge numbers of Indians who actively molded and influenced the land around them. The astonishing Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan had running water and immaculately clean streets, and was larger than any contemporary European city. Mexican cultures created corn in a specialized breeding process that it has been called man’s first feat of genetic engineering. Indeed, Indians were not living lightly on the land but were landscaping and manipulating their world in ways that we are only now beginning to understand. Challenging and surprising, this a transformative new look at a rich and fascinating world we only thought we knew.

Author : Jack D. Forbes
Publisher : University of Illinois Press
Page : 270 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2010-10-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780252091254

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The American Discovery of Europe by Jack D. Forbes Pdf

The American Discovery of Europe investigates the voyages of America's Native peoples to the European continent before Columbus's 1492 arrival in the "New World." The product of over twenty years of exhaustive research in libraries throughout Europe and the United States, the book paints a clear picture of the diverse and complex societies that constituted the Americas before 1492 and reveals the surprising Native American involvements in maritime trade and exploration. Starting with an encounter by Columbus himself with mysterious people who had apparently been carried across the Atlantic on favorable currents, Jack D. Forbes proceeds to explore the seagoing expertise of early Americans, theories of ancient migrations, the evidence for human origins in the Americas, and other early visitors coming from Europe to America, including the Norse. The provocative, extensively documented, and heartfelt conclusions of The American Discovery of Europe present an open challenge to received historical wisdom.

Author : Charles C. Mann
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 578 pages
File Size : 52,8 Mb
Release : 2006-10-10
Category : History
ISBN : 9780307278180

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1491 (Second Edition) by Charles C. Mann Pdf

NATIONAL BESTSELLER • A groundbreaking work of science, history, and archaeology that radically alters our understanding of the Americas before the arrival of Columbus in 1492—from “a remarkably engaging writer” (The New York Times Book Review). Contrary to what so many Americans learn in school, the pre-Columbian Indians were not sparsely settled in a pristine wilderness; rather, there were huge numbers of Indians who actively molded and influenced the land around them. The astonishing Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan had running water and immaculately clean streets, and was larger than any contemporary European city. Mexican cultures created corn in a specialized breeding process that it has been called man’s first feat of genetic engineering. Indeed, Indians were not living lightly on the land but were landscaping and manipulating their world in ways that we are only now beginning to understand. Challenging and surprising, this a transformative new look at a rich and fascinating world we only thought we knew.

Author : Charles C. Mann,Rebecca Stefoff
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 53,9 Mb
Release : 2009-09-08
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9781416949008

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Before Columbus by Charles C. Mann,Rebecca Stefoff Pdf

A companion book for young readers based upon the explorations of the Americas in 1491, before those of Christopher Columbus.

Author : Facts On File, Incorporated
Publisher : Infobase Publishing
Page : 135 pages
File Size : 52,7 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : America
ISBN : 9781438129464

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Discovery of the Americas, 1492-1800 by Facts On File, Incorporated Pdf

In 1492, Christopher Columbus led an expedition sponsored by King Ferdinand and Queen Isabella of Spain to find the passage to the west to the riches of India.

Author : Christopher Columbus
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 488 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 1827
Category : America
ISBN : HARVARD:32044011557550

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Personal Narrative of the First Voyage of Columbus to America by Christopher Columbus Pdf

Author : Gordon Morris Bakken
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 665 pages
File Size : 49,6 Mb
Release : 2010-10-04
Category : History
ISBN : 9781136931604

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The World of the American West by Gordon Morris Bakken Pdf

The World of the American West is an innovative collection of original essays that brings the world of the American West to life, and conveys the distinctiveness of this diverse, constantly changing region. Twenty scholars incorporate the freshest research in the field to take the history of the American West out of its timeworn "Cowboys and Indians" stereotype right up into the major issues being discussed today, from water rights to the presence of the defense industry. Other topics covered in this heavily illustrated, highly accessible volume include the effects of leisure and tourism, western women, politics and politicians, Native Americans in the twentieth century, and of course, oil. With insight both informative and unexpected, The World of the American West offers perspectives on the latest developments affecting the modern American West, providing essential reading for all scholars and students of the field so that they may better understand the vibrant history of this globally significant, ever-evolving region of North America.

Author : Frederick E. Hoxie,Peter Iverson
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 320 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2014-09-11
Category : History
ISBN : 9781118818701

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Indians in American History by Frederick E. Hoxie,Peter Iverson Pdf

Like its highly popular and distinctive predecessor, this new edition of Indians in American History strives to fully integrate Indians into the conventional U.S. history narrative. Meticulously reedited throughout, this beautifully illustrated book features fourteen essays by fifteen authors who speak from a variety of disciplines and perspectives.

Author : John E. Findling,Frank W. Thackeray
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Page : 1455 pages
File Size : 50,5 Mb
Release : 2010-12-09
Category : History
ISBN : 9781598846225

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What Happened? An Encyclopedia of Events That Changed America Forever [4 volumes] by John E. Findling,Frank W. Thackeray Pdf

This comprehensive and highly readable collection of essays highlights 50 important events that changed the course of American history. What Happened? An Encyclopedia of Events That Changed America Forever is designed to introduce beginning U.S. history students and lay readers to the most significant events in the nation's history. More than that, it also will give readers insight into why a particular event is important. This book consists of 50 chapters in four volumes, each dealing with a critically important event in American history from the 17th century to the present. Each chapter includes a factual essay on the subject prepared by John Findling or Frank Thackeray. The factual material is augmented with an interpretive essay on the same subject, written by a specialist in the field. Through this juxtaposition, readers can learn not only about the who, what, and where of an event, but also why it is important in the sweep of American history.

Author : Jill Lepore
Publisher : W. W. Norton & Company
Page : 773 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2018-09-18
Category : History
ISBN : 9780393635256

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These Truths: A History of the United States by Jill Lepore Pdf

“Nothing short of a masterpiece.” —NPR Books A New York Times Bestseller and a Washington Post Notable Book of the Year In the most ambitious one-volume American history in decades, award-winning historian Jill Lepore offers a magisterial account of the origins and rise of a divided nation. Widely hailed for its “sweeping, sobering account of the American past” (New York Times Book Review), Jill Lepore’s one-volume history of America places truth itself—a devotion to facts, proof, and evidence—at the center of the nation’s history. The American experiment rests on three ideas—“these truths,” Jefferson called them—political equality, natural rights, and the sovereignty of the people. But has the nation, and democracy itself, delivered on that promise? These Truths tells this uniquely American story, beginning in 1492, asking whether the course of events over more than five centuries has proven the nation’s truths, or belied them. To answer that question, Lepore wrestles with the state of American politics, the legacy of slavery, the persistence of inequality, and the nature of technological change. “A nation born in contradiction… will fight, forever, over the meaning of its history,” Lepore writes, but engaging in that struggle by studying the past is part of the work of citizenship. With These Truths, Lepore has produced a book that will shape our view of American history for decades to come.

Author : Susan Stansfield Wolverton
Publisher : Algora Publishing
Page : 686 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2004
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780875863108

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Having Visions by Susan Stansfield Wolverton Pdf

Annotation. A historian and literary critic offers a plain language translation of Joseph Smith's 1830 Testament and Prophesy, and traces the bizarre history of the Mormon religion.

Author : David E. Wilkins
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 560 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2018-09-06
Category : Political Science
ISBN : 9780190212087

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Documents of Native American Political Development by David E. Wilkins Pdf

Before Europeans arrived in what is now known as the United States, over 600 diverse Native nations lived on the same land. This encroachment and subsequent settlement by Americans forcibly disrupted the lives of all indigenous peoples and brought about staggering depopulation, loss of land, and cultural, religious, and economic changes. These developments also wrought profound changes in indigenous politics and longstanding governing institutions. David E. Wilkins' two-volume work Documents of Native American Political Development traces how indigenous peoples have maintained and continued to exercise a significant measure of self-determination contrary to presumptions that such powers had been lost, surrendered, or vanquished. Volume One provided materials from the 1500s to 1933. This collection of primary source and other documents begins in 1933 and spans the subsequent eight decades. Broadly, the volume organizes this period into the following distinctive eras: indigenous political resurgence and reorganization (1934 to 1940s); indigenous termination/relocation (1940s to 1960s); indigenous self-determination (1960s to 1980s); and indigenous self-governance (1980s to present). Wilkins presents documents including the governing arrangements Native nations created and adapted that are comparable to formal constitutions; international and interest group records; statements by prominent Native and non-Native individuals; and sources featuring important innovations that display the political acumen of Native nations. The documents are arranged chronologically, and Wilkins provides concise, introductory essays to each document, placing them within the proper context. Each introduction is followed by a brief list of suggestions for further reading. This continued examination of fascinating and relatively unknown indigenous history, from a number of influential legal and political writings to the formal constitutions crafted since the American intervention of the Indian Reorganization Act of 1934, will be an invaluable resource for scholars and students of the history, law, and political development of Native peoples.