Indian Givers: How the Indians of the Americas Transformed the WorldAn utterly compelling story of how the cultural, social, and political practices of Native Americans transformed the way life is lived throughout the world, with a new introduction by the author “As entertaining as it is thoughtful . . . Few contemporary writers have Weatherford’s talent for making the deep sweep of history seem vital and immediate.”—The Washington Post After 500 years, the world’s huge debt to the wisdom of the Native Americans has finally been explored in all its vivid drama by anthropologist Jack Weatherford. He traces the crucial contributions made by the Native Americans to our federal system of government, our democratic institutions, modern medicine, agriculture, architecture, and ecology, and in this astonishing, ground-breaking book takes a giant step toward recovering a true American history. |
Contents
Corporations | 21 |
The American Indian Path | 39 |
The Food Revolution | 59 |
Indian Agricultural Technology | 79 |
The Culinary Revolution | 99 |
Liberty Anarchism and the Noble | 117 |
The Founding Indian Fathers | 133 |
Red Sticks and Revolution | 151 |
The Indian Healer | 175 |
The Drug Connection | 197 |
Architecture and Urban Planning | 217 |
The Pathfinders | 235 |
When Will America | 249 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | Indian Givers: How the Indians of the Americas Transformed the World |
| Author | Jack Weatherford |
| Publisher | Random House Publishing Group, 2010 |
| ISBN | 0307755398, 9780307755391 |
| Length | 288 pages |
| Subjects | › › › History / Indigenous Peoples in the Americas Literary Criticism / Indigenous Peoples in the Americas Social Science / Ethnic Studies / American / Native American Studies |
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