The Native Population of the Americas in 1492

William M. Denevan

ISBN 10: 0299134342 / ISBN 13: 9780299134341

Verlag: University Of Wisconsin Press, 1992

nach der Bestellung gedruckt Neuware - Printed after ordering - Research by some scholars provides population estimates of the pre-contact Americas 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 five million by 1650. In this collection of essays, historians, anthropologists and historical demographers discuss the discrepancies in the population estimates and the evidence for the post-European decline. Woodrow Borah, Angel Rosenblat and William T. Sanders, among others, examine such topics as the Indian slave trade, disease, military action and the disruption of the social systems of the native peoples. Offering varying points of view, the contributions critically analyse major hemispheric and regional data and estimates for pre- and post-European contact. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 9780299134341

Inhaltsangabe:

Research by some scholars provides population estimates of the pre-contact Americas 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 five million by 1650. In this collection of essays, historians, anthropologists and historical demographers discuss the discrepancies in the population estimates and the evidence for the post-European decline. Woodrow Borah, Angel Rosenblat and William T. Sanders, among others, examine such topics as the Indian slave trade, disease, military action and the disruption of the social systems of the native peoples. Offering varying points of view, the contributions critically analyse major hemispheric and regional data and estimates for pre- and post-European contact.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor:

William M. Denevan is the Carl O. Sauer professor of Geography and Environmental Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison.

Bibliografische Details

Titel: The Native Population of the Americas in 1492
Verlag: University Of Wisconsin Press
Erscheinungsdatum: 1992
Einband: Taschenbuch
Zustand: Neu
Auflage: 2. Auflage