Indian Givers How Native Americans Transformed the World
by Weatherford, JackEdition: 1st
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2010-08-03
Publisher(s): Crown
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Summary
In a fascinating new look at the Indians of North and South America, Indian Givers proves these people were instrumental in shaping world culture--from the monetary system to our diets to political organizations and our beliefs.
Author Biography
Jack Weatherford holds the DeWitt Wallace Chair of Anthropology at Macalester College in Minnesota and an honorary position at Chinggis Khaan University in Mongolia. In 2007 he received the Order of the Polar Star, the highest award for service to the Mongol Nation of Genghis Khan.
Table of Contents
| Introduction | p. vii |
| Silver and Money Capitalism | p. 1 |
| Piracy, Slavery, and the Birth of Corporations | p. 27 |
| The American Indian Path to Industrialization | p. 51 |
| The Food Revolution | p. 77 |
| Indian Agricultural Technology | p. 102 |
| The Culinary Revolution | p. 128 |
| Liberty, Anarchism, and the Noble Savage | p. 151 |
| The Founding Indian Fathers | p. 171 |
| Red Sticks and Revolution | p. 194 |
| The Indian Healer | p. 224 |
| The Drug Connection | p. 252 |
| Architecture and Urban Planning | p. 279 |
| The Pathfinders | p. 301 |
| When Will America Be Discovered? | p. 319 |
| References | p. 329 |
| Acknowledgments | p. 341 |
| Index | p. 343 |
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