Indian Givers How the Indians of the Americas Transformed the World

Indian Givers How the Indians of the Americas Transformed the World -After 500 years,world's debt to the wisdom of the Indians of the Americas has finally been explored. In 'Indian Givers,' anthropologist Jack Weather-ford tells-compelling story of how the cultural, social, and political practices of the Indians have transformed the way life is lived throughout the world. In vividly dramatic chapters, Weather-ford traces contributions made by the Indians to our federal system of government, our democratic institutions, modern medicine, agriculture, architecture, ecology. Indians set a sophisticated urban trading economy in motion when they unearthed undreamed-of quantities of gold/silver. Foods discovered by the Indians, such as potatoes, chocolate,chilies, revolutionized the cuisines of Europe / Asia-- 60 percent of the foods eaten in the world today were first harvested by the Indians of the Americas. Book is in good condition, cover does show some use plus small black ink stains on front and back. A few pages do show underlining and margin notations,mostly first chapter.. does not affect the readability. Otherwise pages are clean and unmarked. Title Indian Givers: How the Indians of the Americas Transformed the World Author Jack Weatherford Publisher Fawcett Columbine, 1988 ISBN 0449904962, 9780449904961 Length 272 pages Subjects Social Science ' Ethnic Studies ' Native American Studies Media Mail USPS-you get the copy you were viewing carefully Drop kick-packed to protect it - in - transit. IndianGiver PB 4521 Odd Bx1