Indian givers : how native Americans transformed the world / Jack Weatherford.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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.

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

"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.