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1st Vintage Books ed. |
| Description |
xii, 477 pages, [8] pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 21 cm |
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| Note |
Originally published: New York : Knopf, 1992. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 451-461) and index. |
| Contents |
The center of the universe / Alvin M. Josephy, Jr. -- We, the people, 1492 -- The becoming of the native: man in America before Columbus / N. Scott Momaday -- Northern hunters / Robin Ridington -- People of the salmon / Richard D. Daugherty -- Taking care of the earth and sky / Peter Iverson -- Farmers of the woodlands / Peter Nabokov, Dean Snow -- Men of maize / Miguel Leon-Portilla -- A continent on the move / Louis C. Faron -- In the Realm of the Four Quarters / Alan Kolata -- American civilization, 1492 -- A richness of voices / Joel Sherzer -- Religious forms and themes / Sam D. Gill -- A kinship of spirit / Jay Miller -- American frontiers / Francis Jennings -- Systems of knowledge / Clara Sue Kidwell -- The persuasive world of arts / Christian F. Feest -- Afterword / Vine Deloria, Jr. -- Genetic classification of the languages of the Americas / Joel Sherzer. |
| Summary |
Illustrated essays on the history and cultures of American Indians. Covers geographic locations, languages, spiritual beliefs, customs, and art. When Columbus landed in 1492, the New World was far from being a vast expanse of empty wilderness: it was home to some seventy-five million people. They ranged from the Arctic to Tierra del Fuego, spoke as many as two thousand different languages, and lived in groups that varied from small bands of hunter-gatherers to the sophisticated and dazzling empires of the Incas and Aztecs. This brilliantly detailed and documented volume brings together essays by fifteen leading scholars field to present a comprehensive and richly evocative portrait of Native American life on the eve of Columbus's first landfall. Developed at the D'Arcy McNickle Center for the History of the American Indian and edited by award-winning author Alvin M. Josephy, Jr., America in 1492 is an invaluable work that combines the insights of historians, anthropologists, and students of art, religion, and folklore. Its dozens of illustrations, drawn from largely from the rare books and manuscripts housed at the Newberry Library, open a window on worlds flourished in the Americas five hundred years ago. |
| Subject |
Indians -- History.
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Indians -- Antiquities.
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America -- Antiquities.
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Antiquities. (OCoLC)fst00810745
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Indians. (OCoLC)fst00969307
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Indians -- Antiquities.
(OCoLC)fst00969313
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America. (OCoLC)fst01239786
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| Genre/Form |
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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| Added Author |
Josephy, Alvin M., 1915-2005.
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Hoxie, Frederick E., 1947-
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| ISBN |
0679743375 (pbk.) |
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9780679743378 (pbk.) |
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