books by Jack Weatherford

books by Jack Weatherford

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Jack Weatherford

Native Roots: How the Indians Enriched America

Jack Weatherford

Ballantine Books, 1992

An Entertaining and Educational Book
This book details the origins and development of many everyday / ordinary things in our lives. You may be surprised how much the Europeans owe to the natives of this land. This is NOT a hate filled, preachy, or mean spirited book. I think that regardless of age, ...

Indian Givers: How the Indians of the Americas Transformed the World

Jack Weatherford

Ballantine Books, 1989

How the New World revolutionized the Old
Anthropologist Jack Weatherford traces an informative and entertaining case for his main thesis - that the contributions of the Native American population to the Old World have not been truly or fully appreciated more than 500 years after Columbus landed. Written ...

Savages and Civilization

Jack Weatherford

Ballantine Books, 1995

A great history book, both a quick read and epic in scope
Jack Weatherford has written a wonderful book on the topic of tribal or "primitive" cultures, generally nomadic, often pastoral ones in world history and today, seeking to explore the relationship between tribal peoples and the people of cities and what is thought of ...

The History of Money

Jack Weatherford

Three Rivers Press, 1998

A good high level history of the physical currency.
This book is great and quick overview of how money became the physical currency of modern times. Starting with trade of goods, and then to shells and cocoa beans, and then to minted coins and finally to the form of paper money across various countries. While the ...

Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World

Jack Weatherford

Three Rivers Press, 2005

Exceptional Scholarship; Exceptional Interpretation
Jack Weatherford combines scholarship and historical interpretation to bring Genghis Khan and his Mongol hordes to life. It is a compelling read and the reader comes away exceptionally well informed about the principal events relating to the Mongol Empire and indeed, ...

Native Roots
Jack Weatherford

Random House Value Publishing, 1994

"Well written, imagery-ridden...A tale of what was, what became, and what is today regarding the Indian relation to the European civilization that 'grafted' itself onto this ancient system.'" MINNEAPOLIS STAR TRIBUNE Conventional American history holds that the white settlers of the New World re-created the societies they had known in England, ...