The Native Americans :
The Native Americans : an illustrated history /
introduction by Alvin M. Josephy, Jr. ; text by David Hurst Thomas, Jay Miller, Richard White, Peter Nabokov, Philip J. Deloria ; edited by Betty Ballantine, Ian Ballantine
- [First edition]
- 479 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 28 cm
Includes bibliographical references (pages 468-469) and index
The world as it was / by David Hurst Thomas -- Blending worlds / by Jay Miller -- Expansion and exodus / by Richard White -- Long threads / by Peter Nabokov -- The twentieth century and beyond / by Philip J. Deloria -- Tribes by culture area and language family
Dispossessed, of their ancestral homelands by successive invasions of Europeans, the first real Americans have long been cloaked in a veil of myth and legend that has hidden from us the true richness and diversity of Indian civilizations and cultures. This newly unfolding legacy represents an unparalleled body of untapped wisdom, which even now provides fresh perspectives on very modern problems. The astonishing reality of Indian history, presented here for the first time from the perspective of native Americans, will deepen our understanding of what it really means to be an American The archaeological history of the native peoples of the Americas goes back more than 30,000 years. By the time Columbus landed in this "New" World, it was a very old world that already had seen entire civilizations rise and fall through the centuries. These linked continents were by then populated by some 75,000,000 people who spoke 2,000 distinct languages and had developed a rich diversity of separate cultures, all joined in trade by a venerable network that covered the entire northern continent. Here, in a fresh look at the Americas, is a view of this "new" world's magnificent sweep of history through the eyes of its original inhabitants. It is an inspiring story of their amazing adaptability to a challenging land, especially in the past five hundred years when native Americans were forced to cope with the introduction into their environment of the most rapacious predator they had ever faced: white European invaders Spanning a thousand generations, from the time Ice Age man first set foot on this continent to the present, and beautifully written by five well-known authorities on Indian history and culture, this volume is lavishly illustrated with photographs, maps, and, the work of both historic and contemporary artists
1878685422 9781878685421 9781570363948 1570363943
GB9476791 bnb C95-3969-1
Indians of North America--History
History.
E77 / .N352 1993
970.004/97
Includes bibliographical references (pages 468-469) and index
The world as it was / by David Hurst Thomas -- Blending worlds / by Jay Miller -- Expansion and exodus / by Richard White -- Long threads / by Peter Nabokov -- The twentieth century and beyond / by Philip J. Deloria -- Tribes by culture area and language family
Dispossessed, of their ancestral homelands by successive invasions of Europeans, the first real Americans have long been cloaked in a veil of myth and legend that has hidden from us the true richness and diversity of Indian civilizations and cultures. This newly unfolding legacy represents an unparalleled body of untapped wisdom, which even now provides fresh perspectives on very modern problems. The astonishing reality of Indian history, presented here for the first time from the perspective of native Americans, will deepen our understanding of what it really means to be an American The archaeological history of the native peoples of the Americas goes back more than 30,000 years. By the time Columbus landed in this "New" World, it was a very old world that already had seen entire civilizations rise and fall through the centuries. These linked continents were by then populated by some 75,000,000 people who spoke 2,000 distinct languages and had developed a rich diversity of separate cultures, all joined in trade by a venerable network that covered the entire northern continent. Here, in a fresh look at the Americas, is a view of this "new" world's magnificent sweep of history through the eyes of its original inhabitants. It is an inspiring story of their amazing adaptability to a challenging land, especially in the past five hundred years when native Americans were forced to cope with the introduction into their environment of the most rapacious predator they had ever faced: white European invaders Spanning a thousand generations, from the time Ice Age man first set foot on this continent to the present, and beautifully written by five well-known authorities on Indian history and culture, this volume is lavishly illustrated with photographs, maps, and, the work of both historic and contemporary artists
1878685422 9781878685421 9781570363948 1570363943
GB9476791 bnb C95-3969-1
Indians of North America--History
History.
E77 / .N352 1993
970.004/97