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The Americas that might have been : Native American social systems through time
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- ISBN: 0817351825 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- ISBN: 0817314571 (cloth : alk. paper)
- ISBN: 9780817351823 (pbk. : alk. paper)
- ISBN: 9780817314576 (cloth : alk. paper)
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Physical Description:
xiii, 204 p. : ill., maps ; 25 cm.
print - Publisher: Tuscaloosa : University of Alabama Press, c2005.
Content descriptions
| Bibliography, etc. Note: | Includes bibliographical references (p. [181]-197) and index. |
| Formatted Contents Note: | Introduction : the whys and wherefores -- 1. Men out of Asia -- 2. America 1492 -- 3. Native philosophies of life -- 4. Unitary norms : the Asian perspective -- 5. The dualistic view : the European norm -- 6. The trinary compromise : the Near Eastern norm -- 7. The empire of Tawantinsuyu -- 8. The empire of the Mexica -- 9. The Maya kingdoms -- 10. The Mississippian cities and towns -- 11. The pueblo towns -- 12. The Taino kingdoms -- 13. Hemispheric-internal relationships in the twenty-first century : the inner design -- 14. Commerce and discovery of the old world -- 15. International alliances and interaction in the twenty-first century : the outer scheme -- Epilogue : the first Baktun. |
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Holdable? | Status | Due Date |
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| Vancouver Campus | E59.F53 G73 2005 (Text) | 224154 | Regular Collection | Volume hold | Available | - |
| Vancouver Campus | E59 F53 G73 2005 (Text) | 223762 | Regular Collection | Volume hold | Available | - |
