| Edition |
Revised edition. |
| Description |
xiii, 416 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm. |
| Series |
The American Heritage library |
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American Heritage library.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 383-402) and index. |
| Contents |
Stereotypes and the real Indian -- The diversities of Indians -- "Indianness" -- The white man's debt to Indians -- Early man in the Americas -- Agriculture and the rise of population -- The Native peoples of the far north -- The Indians of the subarctic -- The Tribes of the Northwest Pacific Coast -- The Tribes of the Northeast woodlands -- The Tribes of the Southeastern United States -- The Plains Indians -- The Peoples of the Great Basin -- The Indians of the Plateau -- The Native peoples of California -- The Indians of the Southwest -- The Indians of Northern Mexico -- Indian civilizations of Middle America -- Indians of Central America and the Caribbean -- The Indian civilizations of Ecuador and the Central Andes -- The Indians of the Southern Andes -- The South American tropical forest tribes -- The Marginal nomadic Indians of South America -- The Impact of the white man on Indians -- The White man's conquest of the Indians, Latin America -- The white man's conquest of the Indians, the United States and Canada -- The twentieth-century struggle for survival -- Five hundred years after Columbus, Indians today. |
| Summary |
From the prehistoric peoples who inhabited the Americas at the end of the last Ice Age to the American Indian of the 20th century, this book encompasses the whole historical and cultural range of Indian life in Corth, Central, and South America, and also discusses the plight of Native Americans in modern society. |
| Subject |
Indians -- History.
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Indians. (OCoLC)fst00969307
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| Genre/Form |
History. (OCoLC)fst01411628
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| Local Subject |
Indigenous people -- History.
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| ISBN |
9780395573204 (paperback) |
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0395573203 (paperback) |
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9781439506813 (Paw Prints) |
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1439506817 (Paw Prints) |
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