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The Native Population of the Americas in 1492 Paperback – March 15, 1992

by William M. Denevan (Editor)

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William M. Denevan writes that, "The discovery of America was followed by possibly the greatest demographic disaster in the history of the world." Research by some scholars provides population estimates of the pre-contact Americas to be 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 six million by 1650.
In this collection of essays, historians, anthropologists, and geographers discuss the discrepancies in the population estimates and the evidence for the post-European decline. Woodrow Borah, Angel Rosenblat, William T. Sanders, and others touch on such topics as the Indian slave trade, diseases, military action, and the disruption of the social systems of the native peoples. Offering varying points of view, the contributors critically analyze major hemispheric and regional data and estimates for pre- and post-European contact.
This revised edition features a new introduction by Denevan reviewing recent literature and providing a new hemispheric estimate of 54 million, a foreword by W. George Lovell of Queen's University, and a comprehensive updating of the already extensive bibliography. Research in this subject is accelerating, with contributions from many disciplines. The discussions and essays presented here can serve both as an overview of past estimates, conflicts, and methods and as indicators of new approaches and perspectives to this timely subject.

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384 pages
Language

English
Publisher

University of Wisconsin Press
Publication date

March 15, 1992
Dimensions

9.03 x 6.03 x 0.84 inches
ISBN-10

0299134342
ISBN-13

978-0299134341
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George Vargas

awesome book, William Denevan does a great and darinig ...

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awesome book, William Denevan does a great and darinig job by publishing his predecessor opposing approach on the calculations of the population of the western hemisphere. Highly recommended.

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Paul Austin

Good literature survey of the precolumbian americas

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This book is a collection of academic papers that provide a thorough survey of the literature. The estimates of population in the Americas pre-Columbus is a controversial subject with values ranging from 8 million to over 100 million. Some of the estimate methods are laughably simplistic but the overall impression is a population of about 50 million people in 1492.

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