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Author Weatherford, Jack, 1946-

Title Indian givers : how the Indians of the Americas transformed the world / Jack Weatherford.

Publication Info. New York : Fawcett Columbine, 1990.
©1988

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Location Call No. Status
 Colchester, Cragin Memorial Library - Adult Department  974 WEA    Check Shelf
 Marlborough, Richmond Memorial Library - Adult Department  970.004 WEATHERFORD    Check Shelf
 Middletown, Russell Library - Adult Nonfiction  970.00497 WEA    Check Shelf
Edition First Ballantine Books edition.
Description x, 272 pages ; 24 cm
Note Reprint. Originally published: 1st ed. New York, N.Y. : Crown Publishers, 1988.
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 257-266).
Contents Acknowledgments -- 1. Silver and money capitalism -- 2. Piracy, slavery, and the birth of corporations -- 3. The American Indian path to industrialization -- 4. The food revolution -- 5. Indian agricultural technology -- 6. The culinary revolution -- 7. Liberty, anarchism, and the noble savage -- 8. The founding Indian fathers -- 9. Red sticks and revolution -- 10. The Indian healer -- 11. The drug connection -- 12. Architecture and urban planning -- 13. The pathfinders -- 14. When will America be discovered? -- References -- Index.
Subject Civilization, Modern -- History.
Civilization -- Indian influences.
Indians of North America -- Colonization.
Local Subject Indigenous peoples -- North America -- Colonization.
ISBN 0449904962: $8.95 ($12.95 Can.)
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