1491 - The Americas Before Columbus (Mann Charles C.)(Paperback) - diskuze

Up until very recently it was believed that in 1491, the year before Columbus landed, the Americas, one-third of the earth's surface, were a near-pristine wilderness inhabited by small, roaming bands of indigenous people. But recently unexpected discoveries have dramatically changed our understanding of Indian Life. Many scholars now argue that the Indians were much more numerous, were in the Americas for far longer, and had far more ecological impact on the land than previously believed. This knowledge has enormous implications for today's environmental disputes, yet little has filtered into textbooks, and even less into public awareness. Mann brings together all of the latest research, and the results of his own travels throughout North and South America, to provide a new, fascinating and iconoclastic account of the Americas before Columbus.

Až donedávna to, čo predpokladá bolo v roku 1491, rok pred Kolumbom pristál v Amerike, jednu tretinu zemského povrchu, boli takmer nedotknutá divočina obývaná malými roamingu kapiel domorodých ľudí. Ale v poslednej dobe nečakané objavy dramaticky zmenili naše chápanie indického života. Mnoho učencov dnes tvrdia, urobili indiáni boli oveľa početnejšie, boli v Amerike oveľa dlhšie, a mal oveľa väčší ekologický dopad na zemi, než sa pôvodne predpokladalo. Toto poznanie má obrovské dôsledky pre dnešné ekologických sporoch, ale málo sa prefiltruje do učebníc, a ešte menej do povedomia
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