The Rediscovery Of North America

Author : Barry Lopez
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 0307806464
Total Pages : 64 pages
Book Rating : 4.68/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Rediscovery of North America written by Barry Lopez and published by Vintage. This book was released on 2011-09-14 with total page 64 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Five hundred years ago an Italian whose name, translated into English, meant Christopher Dove, came to America and began a process not of discovery, but incursion -- "a ruthless, angry search for wealth" that continues to the present day. This provocative and superbly written book gives a true assessment of Columbus's legacy while taking the first steps toward its redemption. Even as he draws a direct line between the atrocities of Spanish conquistadors and the ongoing pillage of our lands and waters, Barry Lopez challenges us to adopt an ethic that will make further depredations impossible. The Rediscovery of North America is a ringingly persuasive call for us, at long last, to make this country our home.

Author : Barry Lopez
Publisher : Vintage
ISBN 13 : 0679740996
Total Pages : 65 pages
Book Rating : 4.95/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Rediscovery of North America written by Barry Lopez and published by Vintage. This book was released on 1992-09-01 with total page 65 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Five hundred years ago an Italian whose name, translated into English, meant Christopher Dove, came to America and began a process not of discovery, but incursion -- "a ruthless, angry search for wealth" that continues to the present day. This provocative and superbly written book gives a true assessment of Columbus's legacy while taking the first steps toward its redemption. Even as he draws a direct line between the atrocities of Spanish conquistadors and the ongoing pillage of our lands and waters, Barry Lopez challenges us to adopt an ethic that will make further depredations impossible. The Rediscovery of North America is a ringingly persuasive call for us, at long last, to make this country our home.

Author : Barry Holstun Lopez
Publisher : University Press of Kentucky
ISBN 13 : 9780813117423
Total Pages : 82 pages
Book Rating : 4.29/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Rediscovery of North America written by Barry Holstun Lopez and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on 1990-01-01 with total page 82 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Argues that the Spanish discovery of the Americas led to the presumption that one is due wealth from the territory, an attitude also common among English-speaking settlers, and advocates a rediscovery of the land as a home

Author : Barry Holstun Lopez
Publisher : Turtleback Books
ISBN 13 : 9781417718757
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.57/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Rediscovery of North America written by Barry Holstun Lopez and published by Turtleback Books. This book was released on 1992-09-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Five hundred years after Columbus' landing in America, the National Book Award-winning author of Arctic Dreams and Crossing Open Ground delivers a devastating assessment of the explorer's legacy and takes the first step toward its redemption.

Author : William Patterson Cumming
Publisher : New York: American Heritage Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 312 pages
Book Rating : 4.80/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Discovery of North America written by William Patterson Cumming and published by New York: American Heritage Press. This book was released on 1972 with total page 312 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : E.C. Pielou
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 0226668096
Total Pages : 380 pages
Book Rating : 4.93/5 ( download)

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Download or read book After the Ice Age written by E.C. Pielou and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2008-04-15 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The fascinating story of how a harsh terrain that resembled modern Antarctica has been transformed gradually into the forests, grasslands, and wetlands we know today.

Author : William Patterson Cumming
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 304 pages
Book Rating : 4.44/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Discovery of North America written by William Patterson Cumming and published by . This book was released on 1972 with total page 304 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : James M. Deem
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Books for Children
ISBN 13 : 9780547370248
Total Pages : 154 pages
Book Rating : 4.45/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Faces from the Past written by James M. Deem and published by Houghton Mifflin Books for Children. This book was released on 2012 with total page 154 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Traces the efforts of a scientific team to learn about the life and culture of a person whose skeletal remains are traced to prehistoric times, profiling the valuable technical achievements of artists who use special skills to reconstruct faces from archaeological remains. 10,000 first printing.

Author : Sean Rafferty
Publisher : Univ Tennessee Press
ISBN 13 : 9781621906308
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.02/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Native Intoxicants of North America written by Sean Rafferty and published by Univ Tennessee Press. This book was released on 2021 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "This book discusses the cultural significance that narcotics, stimulants, and hallucinogens had on prehistoric societies, whether used for ritual, medicinal, or even recreational purposes. Rafferty notes that prehistoric intoxicants can be found in sites ranging throughout North America, and their use, though varied, presents a near-universal human disposition toward the use of drugs to achieve certain social and spiritual goals and states of consciousness"--

Author : Michael Witgen
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN 13 : 0812205170
Total Pages : 458 pages
Book Rating : 4.76/5 ( download)

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Download or read book An Infinity of Nations written by Michael Witgen and published by University of Pennsylvania Press. This book was released on 2011-11-29 with total page 458 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An Infinity of Nations explores the formation and development of a Native New World in North America. Until the middle of the nineteenth century, indigenous peoples controlled the vast majority of the continent while European colonies of the Atlantic World were largely confined to the eastern seaboard. To be sure, Native North America experienced far-reaching and radical change following contact with the peoples, things, and ideas that flowed inland following the creation of European colonies on North American soil. Most of the continent's indigenous peoples, however, were not conquered, assimilated, or even socially incorporated into the settlements and political regimes of this Atlantic New World. Instead, Native peoples forged a New World of their own. This history, the evolution of a distinctly Native New World, is a foundational story that remains largely untold in histories of early America. Through imaginative use of both Native language and European documents, historian Michael Witgen recreates the world of the indigenous peoples who ruled the western interior of North America. The Anishinaabe and Dakota peoples of the Great Lakes and Northern Great Plains dominated the politics and political economy of these interconnected regions, which were pivotal to the fur trade and the emergent world economy. Moving between cycles of alliance and competition, and between peace and violence, the Anishinaabeg and Dakota carved out a place for Native peoples in modern North America, ensuring not only that they would survive as independent and distinct Native peoples but also that they would be a part of the new community of nations who made the New World.