The Americas that might have been : Native American social systems through time / Julian Granberry.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Granberry, Julian
Language:English
Published: Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, [2005], ©2005.
Subjects:
Indigenous peoples > First contact with Europeans.
Indigenous peoples > Transatlantic influences.
Indigenous peoples > Colonization.
America > Discovery and exploration.
America > Colonization.
Europe > Colonies > America.
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Connect to: Table of contents - All users (Cataloging @ Library of Congress)
Physical Description:xiii, 204 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm
Format: Book
Contents:
  • 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 kingdoms
  • 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.