The Americas that might have been:Native American social systems through time
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University of Alabama Press,
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Publisher Address: | Tuscaloosa |
Publication Dates: | c2005. |
Literature type: | Book |
Language: | English |
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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. |