The Americas that might have been : Native American social systems through time / / Julian Granberry.

• Author: ProQuest (Firm); Granberry, Julian.
• TeilnehmendeR: ProQuest (Firm)
• Year of Publication: 2005
• Language: English
• Physical Description: xiii, 204 p. :; ill., maps.

Table of Contents

Introduction : the whys and wherefores -- Men out of Asia -- America 1492 -- Native philosophies of life -- Unitary norms : the Asian perspective -- The dualistic view : the European norm -- The trinary compromise : the Near Eastern norm -- The empire of Tawantinsuyu -- The empire of the Mexica -- The Maya kingdoms -- The Mississippian cities and towns -- The Pueblo towns -- The Taino chiefdoms -- Hemispheric-internal relationships in the twenty-first century : the inner design -- Commerce and discovery of the old world -- International alliances and interaction in the twenty-first century : the outer scheme -- Epilogue: the first Baktun.