ChrisWei | Shared With: Everyone - Sep 28 2006 | history, books, indiansAn excellent book. A 'revisionist' history about American Indians, both South and North. It provides an easy to read and well-written summary of the latest archaelogical findings. The overall theme could be described as 'before 1492, there were a LOT more Indians, living in much bigger cities, with much richer cultures, than we ever realized before". But the details are fascinating. Highly recommended.
Quoted: Amazon.com: 1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus: Books: Charles C. Mann by Charles C. Mann
- ChrisWei | Shared With: Everyone - Feb 11 2006 | books, history, australia, aboriginal
Henry Reynolds has written a number of excellent books on the topics of australian aboriginals, australian history, and race relations. In this book, he explores why australia has a collective denial and amnesia about what white australia has done to the aboriginals. His other books explore similar topics such as aboriginal resistance to white encroachment and the new (shockingly late-coming and begrudging) recognition of the aboriginal's pre-existing legal rights.
Quoted: Amazon.com: Why Weren't We Told?: Books: Henry Reynolds by Henry Reynolds
- milolutz - Sep 29 2006
You must be Chris's friend before you can comment on this Fave.I watched Pat Buchannan on The Colbert Report the other night, warning us that American indians had liberal immigration policy, and look what happened. Ugh.
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