Which some Caucasians brand, “revisionism.” However, as he has quoted from reliable documents, used impeccable visual resources, and the opinions of well qualified professional historians, anthropologists, etc, it will be almost impossible for them to make believable rebuttals. The educational worth of Mann's book pops up almost immediately because he, as many other Caucasian historical writers are now doing when penning the histories of the Americas, leaves behind any Euro-centric inhibitions he may harbour and sticks to the truth. 1491 is, to put it mildly, an eye-opener. Thus, for an autographed copy of We Were Not the Savages, I acquired an autographed copy of "1491", his recently published overview of the pre-Columbian civilizations of the Americas. Mann, in reference to getting his permission to use a New York Times opinion he had written, we agreed to exchange copies of our books. Among their populations were astrologers, mathematicians, biologists, historians, medical professionals, farmers, hunters, fishermen, traders, metal workers, artists, and so on.ĭuring a November 2005 Email exchange with an award winning American journalist and author, Charles C. The cities, towns, and rural areas of these civilizations were populated with tens of millions of people. When Christopher Columbus first sit foot on land in the Americas he was walking on a small portion of the soil of two continents that a multitude of viable American Indian civilizations called home.
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