Indian givers : how native Americans transformed the world /

Weatherford, Jack, 1946-

Indian givers : how native Americans transformed the world / Jack Weatherford. - New York, N.Y. : Three Rivers Press, 2010 - x, 351 p. ; 21 cm.

Jack McIver Weatherford, né en 1946 à Dovesville en Caroline du Sud, est un professeur émérite DeWitt Wallace d'anthropologie, spécialiste des sociétés tribales, connu en particulier pour ses travaux sur les Mongols. "Originally published in hardcover in slightly different form in the United States by Crown Publishers...New York, in 1988."--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction -- Silver and money capitalism -- Piracy, slavery, and the birth of corporations -- American Indian path to industrialization -- food revolution -- Indian agricultural technology -- culinary revolution -- Liberty, anarchism, and the noble savage -- founding Indian fathers -- Red sticks and revolution -- Indian healer -- drug connection -- Architecture and urban planning -- pathfinders -- When will America be discovered? -- References -- Acknowledgments -- Index. 1. 2. 3. The 4. The 5. 6. The 7. 8. The 9. 10. The 11. The 12. 13. The 14.

"Beloved author Jack Weatherford's classic work is now available with a new introduction by the author. 'Indian Givers' is the utterly compelling story of how the cultural, social, and political practices of Native Americans transformed the way life is lived throughout the world."--P.[4] of cover.

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Civilization--Indian influences.
Civilization, Modern--History.
Indians of North America--Colonization.