The Americas that might have been:Native American social systems through time

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Granberry Julian.
Published: University of Alabama Press,
Publisher Address: Tuscaloosa
Publication Dates: c2005.
Literature type: Book
Language: English
Subjects:
Carrier Form: xiii, 204 p.: ill., maps ; 25 cm.
ISBN: 0817314571 (cloth : alk. paper)
9780817314576 (cloth : alk. paper)
0817351825 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780817351823 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Index Number: K708
CLC: K708
K703
Call Number: K703/G748
Contents: Donaiton.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [181]-197) and index.
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.