xviii+668 pages with maps (folding map in back pocket), plates, figures, illustrations, tables, bibliography and index. Royal octavo (9 1/2" x 6 1/4") bound in original publisher's green cloth with white lettering to spine and pictorial to cover in original pictorial jacket. Second edition. The art of reconstructing civilizations from the artifacts of daily life demands integrity and imagination. Indians of North America displays both in its description of the enormous variation of culture patterns among Indians from the Arctic to Panama at the high points of their histories a variation which was greater than that among the nations of Europe. For this second edition, Harold Driver made extensive revisions in chapter content and organization, incorporating many new discoveries and interpretations in archeology and related fields. He also revised several of the maps and added more than 100 bibliographical items. Since the publication of the first edition, there has been an increased interest in the activities of Indians in the twentieth century; accordingly, the author placed much more emphasis on this period. Condition: Corners bumped, light edge wear. Jacket edges chipped, 1 1/2" loss to spine heal, numerous closed edge tears, spine sunned, lose to back jacket else about very good in a fair jacket.

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Bookseller: The Book Collector ABAA, ILAB, TBA (US)
Bookseller's Inventory #: BOOKS002958
Title: Indians of North America
Author: Harold Edson Driver (1907-1992)
Format/Binding: Hardcover
Book Condition: Used - About very good
Jacket Condition: Fair
Quantity Available: 1
Edition: Second
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Place of Publication: Chicago
Date Published: 1961
Weight: 0.00 lbs
Keywords: NATIVE AMERICANS
Bookseller catalogs: Anthropology;
Size: Royal octavo

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