Indian Givers
How Native Americans Transformed the World
Crown · Print & ebook · August 3, 2010
An utterly compelling story of how the cultural, social, and political practices of Native Americans transformed the way life is lived throughout the world, with a new introduction by the author “As entertaining as it is thoughtful . . .
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- Who it’s for
- Follow the far-reaching influence of Native American knowledge across institutions, medicine, agriculture, and more.
- Themes
- Native American influence, American history, Cultural and political contributions
- Genres
- Native American History, Native American Studies, Cultural Anthropology
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Few contemporary writers have Weatherford’s talent for making the deep sweep of history seem vital and immediate.”—The Washington Post After 500 years, the world’s huge debt to the wisdom of the Native Americans has finally been explored in all its vivid drama by anthropologist Jack Weatherford. He traces the crucial contributions made by the Native Americans to our federal system of government, our democratic institutions, modern medicine, agriculture, architecture, and ecology, and in this astonishing, ground-breaking book takes a giant step toward recovering a true American history.
History Reconsidered
Follow the far-reaching influence of Native American knowledge across institutions, medicine, agriculture, and more.
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- A wider view of American history
- Connections between cultural practices and everyday life
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- A broad sweep across political, social, and cultural influence
- History framed around contributions often left out
Where it sits
| Native American History | 43% |
|---|---|
| Native American Studies | 38% |
| Cultural Anthropology | 24% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Native American History
- North American History
- Indigenous Lit Crit
- Authors
- Jack Weatherford
- Publisher
- Crown
- Published
- August 3, 2010
- Format
- Print & ebook
- Theme
- Native American influence · American history · Cultural and political contributions
- Reading lane
- Native American History