The Native Population of the Americas in 1492 – buy book – 9780299134341

[Myrtle Webb]

The Native Population of the Americas in 1492
by William M. Denevan

🔥 The Native Population of the Americas in 1492 – Read More 🔥

• Format: paperback, 353 pages
• Author: William M. Denevan
• Language: english
• ISBN: 9780299134341 (0299134342)
• Publisher: University of Wisconsin Press
• Release date: March 28, 1992

About The Book

William M. Denevan writes that, “The discovery of America was followed by possibly the greatest demographic disaster in the history of the world.” Research by some scholars provides population estimates of the pre-contact Americas to be as high as 112 million in 1492, while others estimate the population to have been as low as eight million. In any case, the native population declined to less than six million by 1650.

    In this collection of essays, historians, anthropologists, and geographers discuss the discrepancies in the population estimates and the evidence for the post-European decline. Woodrow Borah, Angel Rosenblat, William T. Sanders, and others touch on such topics as the Indian slave trade, diseases, military action, and the disruption of the social systems of the native peoples. Offering varying points of view, the contributors critically analyze major hemispheric and regional data and estimates for pre- and post-European contact.

    This revised edition features a new introduction by Denevan reviewing recent literature and providing a new hemispheric estimate of 54 million, a foreword by W. George Lovell of Queen’s University, and a comprehensive updating of the already extensive bibliography. Research in this subject is accelerating, with contributions from many disciplines. The discussions and essays presented here can serve both as an overview of past estimates, conflicts, and methods and as indicators of new approaches and perspectives to this timely subject.

FictionBook book The Native Population of the Americas in 1492 buy cheap on Kobo. EPUB ebook The Native Population of the Americas in 1492 William M. Denevan read online Android. FB2 The Native Population of the Americas in 1492 on Walmart. MP3 The Native Population of the Americas in 1492 by William M. Denevan download on iOS.

MOBI ebook The Native Population of the Americas in 1492 for PC. Hardback book The Native Population of the Americas in 1492 by William M. Denevan buy on Book Depository. Online book The Native Population of the Americas in 1492 William M. Denevan read. Hardcover The Native Population of the Americas in 1492 download for PocketBook on Books-a-Million.

[投稿者]

投稿