The Cambridge History of the Native Peoples of the AmericasBruce G. Trigger, Wilcomb E. Washburn, Richard E. W. Adams, Frank Salomon, Stuart B. Schwartz, Murdo J. MacLeod Cambridge University Press, 1996 - 976 pages Publisher description: The Cambridge History of the Native Peoples of the Americas, Volume II: Mesoamerica (Part One), gives a comprehensive and authoritative overview of all the important native civilizations of the Mesoamerican area, beginning with archaeological discussions of paleoindian, archaic and preclassic societies and continuing to the present. Fully illustrated and engagingly written, the book is divided into sections that discuss the native cultures of Mesoamerica before and after their first contact with the Europeans. The various chapters balance theoretical points of view as they trace the cultural history and evolutionary development of such groups as the Olmec, the Maya, the Aztec, the Zapotec, and the Tarascan. The chapters covering the prehistory of Mesoamerica offer explanations for the rise and fall of the Classic Maya, the Olmec, and the Aztec, giving multiple interpretations of debated topics, such as the nature of Olmec culture. Through specific discussions of the native peoples of the different regions of Mexico, the chapters on the period since the arrival of the Europeans address the themes of contact, exchange, transfer, survivals, continuities, resistance, and the emergence of modern nationalism and the nation-state. |
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User Review - DinadansFriend - LibraryThingA large scale treatment of pre-Colombian life in South America. It's a co-operative book, edited by Mr. Salomon, who has a bias towards historians from the managed ecology school. An interesting and informative read. Read full review
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User Review - DinadansFriend - LibraryThingA large scale treatment of pre-Colombian life in South America. It's a co-operative book, edited by Mr. Salomon, who has a bias towards historians from the managed ecology school. An interesting and informative read. Read full review
Contents
List of Illustrations page | 1 |
Andean Area | 12 |
Warfare Reorganization and Readaptation at the Margins of Spanish | 18 |
The Colonial Condition in the QuechuaAymara Heartland | 59 |
Warfare Reorganization and Readaptation at the Margins | 138 |
The Earliest South American Lifeways | 188 |
Amazonia | 192 |
century | 206 |
Andean People in the Twentieth Century 765 | 218 |
Index to Part 2 949 | 246 |
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The Cambridge History of the Native Peoples of the Americas: North America EDT Trigger Limited preview - 1996 |
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Bibliographic information
| Title | The Cambridge History of the Native Peoples of the Americas Volume 3 of South America Part 2 of The Cambridge History of the Native Peoples of the Americas 2 Part Hardback Set The Cambridge history of the Native Peoples of the Americas, Bruce G. Trigger |
| Editors | Bruce G. Trigger, Wilcomb E. Washburn, Richard E. W. Adams, Frank Salomon, Stuart B. Schwartz, Murdo J. MacLeod |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press, 1996 |
| ISBN | 0521630762, 9780521630764 |
| Length | 976 pages |
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