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The Americas on the eve of discovery, edited by Harold E. Driver.

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  • Physical Description: x, 179 pages : map. 22 cm.
  • Publisher: Englewood Cliffs, N.J., Prentice-Hall [1964]

Content descriptions

General Note:
BIBLIOGRAPHY: p. 175-179.
Bibliography, etc. Note:
Bibliography: p. 175-179.
Formatted Contents Note:
Introduction. The American Andians : an overview -- 1. Hunting, gathering, and fishing cultures. The impoverished Tierra del Fuegians of Chile and Argentina / Charles Darwin -- The intransigent Chichimecs of Mexico / Gonzalo de Las Casas -- The isolated Polar Eskimos of Greenland / John Ross -- The proud Peeagans of Montana and Alberta / David Thompson -- The self-assertive Nootka of British Columbia / John R. Jewitt -- 2. Intermediate farming cultures. The cannibalistic Tupinamba of Brazil / Alfred Métraux -- Psychoanalysis among the Iroquois of New York State / Anthony F.C. Wallace -- The self-effacing Zuñi of New Mexico / Ruth L. Bunzel -- 3. Advanced farming cultures. The benevolent despotism of the Incas of Peru / Pedro Cieza de León -- The first Spanish contact with the Aztecs of Mexico / Bernal Díaz del Castillo -- The intellectual Mayas of Yucatán, Mexico / Ralph L. Roys -- Conclusion. Indian reception and resistance to Europeans -- The contributions of the Indians to modern life.
Subject:
Indians.

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