Indian Givers How Native Americans Transformed the World

by Weatherford, Jack

• ISBN13: 9780307717153
• ISBN10: 0307717151
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-08-03
• Publisher: Crown

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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