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Rouse, Irving

The Tainos Rise & Decline of The People Who Greeted Columbus

Yale University Press, 1992

79,95 €

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Anno di pubblicazione
1992
ISBN
0300051816
Luogo di stampa
New Haven
Autore
Rouse, Irving
Editori
Yale University Press
Formato
8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall
Soggetto
Taino Indians, Indians of the West Indies, Antiquities, West Indies, Christopher Columbus
Descrizione
J H Very Good Hardcover
Stato di conservazione
Molto buono
Lingue
Inglese
Legatura
Rilegato

Descrizione

xii, 211 pp. "When Columbus arrived in the Americas. the first people he encountered were the Tainos, inhabitants of the islands of the northern Caribbean Sea. In this book a noted archaeologist and anthropologist tells the story of the Tainos from their ancestral days on the South American continent to their rapid decline after contact with the Spanish explorers." - dust jacket. Attempts to answer "Who were the Tainos? Whence came their ancestors? How did they evolve and become dominant in the West Indies? Why did they decline and disappear under European Rule? What innovations did they contribute to the rest of the world?" - Preface. Includes: Glossary, Index, and Reference List. Includes forty black and white illustrations. Clean, bright and unmarked with very light wear. Dust jacket now preserved in archival-grade Brodart. An attractive copy of this fascinating study. Book