The Rise and Fall of North American Indians : From Prehistory through Geronimo

Brandon, William P.

Roberts Rinehart Publishers（2013/01発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 628 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9781570984525
• DDC分類 970.00497

Full Description

In this expansive one-volume account of the native peoples of North America, eminent historian William Brandon-who devoted much of his life to examining this subject-presents this revelatory history of the development and culture of the native peoples of North America, from their incipience through the late nineteenth century. Brandon brings this world to life and chronicles ten thousand years of Indian history.

Contents

AcknowledgmentsPart I. The Ancient AmericasChapter 1: The DawntimeChapter 2: In the Footsteps of the AncientsChapter 3: Art and NumbersChapter 4: Under the Wheel of TimeChapter 5: Turmoil and Temple in Central MexicoChapter 6: From the Toltecs to the IncasChapter 7: Empires of the SunChapter 8: When Worlds CollideChapter 9: Through the Lookinglass IChapter 10: March of the Metal MenChapter 11: The Plumed SerpentChapter 12: Cornfield and KivaChapter 13: Blood, Gold, and SoulsPart II. Heritage of the New WorldChapter 14: Through the Lookinglass IIChapter 15: Serpent Mound to Tattooed SerpentChapter 16: People of the ForestChapter 17: Puritans and IndiansChapter 18: European Cannon Meet Longhouse DiplomacyChapter 19: Muskets across the MountainsChapter 20: The Road Not TakenChapter 22: A Man for All SeasonsChapter 23: Death and Dispossession in the HeartlandChapter 24: Through the Lookinglass IIIChapter 25: Under the Northern LightsChapter 26: Golden Hills, Crimson BloodChapter 27: From Sacajawea to Chief JosephChapter 28: Buffalo Indians and Pony SoldiersChapter 29: The Last StrongholdChapter 30: Through the Lookinglass IVEpilogueNotesIndex