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The Ecological Indian: Myth and History Paperback - 2000

by Shepard Krech

A look at the first inhabitants of North America, this book studies their concepts of ecology, waste, and preservation before European settlements of the country.


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The idea of the Native American living in perfect harmony with nature is one of the most cherished contemporary myths. But how truthful is this larger-than-life image? According to anthropologist Shepard Krech, the first humans in North America demonstrated all of the intelligence, self-interest, flexibility, and ability to make mistakes of human beings anywhere. As Nicholas Lemann put it in The New Yorker, Krech is more than just a conventional-wisdom overturner; he has a serious larger point to make. . . . Concepts like ecology, waste, preservation, and even the natural (as distinct from human) world are entirely anachronistic when applied to Indians in the days before the European settlement of North America. Offers a more complex portrait of Native American peoples, one that rejects mythologies, even those that both European and Native Americans might wish to embrace.--Washington Post

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BEGINNING 11,000 YEARS AGO, at the end of the period known as the Pleistocene, many animal species that had flourished just a short time before vanished from North America.

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  • Title The Ecological Indian: Myth and History
  • Author Shepard Krech
  • Binding Paperback
  • Edition Eighth
  • Pages 320
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher W. W. Norton & Company, New York
  • Date 2000-09-17
  • Illustrated Yes
  • ISBN 9780393321005 / 0393321002
  • Weight 0.62 lbs (0.28 kg)
  • Dimensions 8.36 x 5.52 x 0.86 in (21.23 x 14.02 x 2.18 cm)
  • Themes
    • Ethnic Orientation: Native American
    • Topical: Ecology
  • Library of Congress subjects Indians of North America - Public opinion, Indians in popular culture - North America
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 99019425
  • Dewey Decimal Code 333.708

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  • New York Review of Books, 11/29/2001, Page 57
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