{"product_id":"origins-of-the-american-indians-9781477306123","title":"Origins of the American Indians","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe American Indian—origin, culture, and language—engaged the best minds of Europe from 1492 to 1729. Were the Indians the result of a co-creation? Were they descended from the Ten Lost Tribes of Israel? Could they have emigrated from Carthage, Phoenicia, or Troy? All these and many other theories were proposed.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHow could scholars account for the multiplicity of languages among the Indians, the differences in levels of culture? And how did the Indian arrive in America—by using as a bridge a now-lost continent or, as was later suggested by some persons in the light of an expanding knowledge of geography, by using the Bering Strait as a migratory route?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMost of the theories regarding the American Indian were first advanced in the sixteenth century. In this distinctive book Lee E. Huddleston looks carefully into those theories and proposals. From many research sources he weaves an historical account that engages the reader from the very first.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe tw\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePreface\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIntroduction: The Discovery of the American Indian\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter I: The Early Origin Literature, Oviedo to Acosta \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBeginnings of the Origin Literature, 1535–1540\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eExpansion of the Argument, 1540–1580\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Ten Lost Tribes of Israel and the Ophirites\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter II: Acosta and García, 1589–1607 \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eJoseph de Acosta and the Acostan Tradition\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGregorio García and the Garcían Tradition\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter III: Spanish Scholarship after García, 1607–1729\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eChapter IV: The Debate on the Origins of the Indians in Northern Europe \u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eExpansion of the Debate to Northern Europe, 1600–1640\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Grotius–De Laet Controversy\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eThe Jews in America and The Hope of Israel, 1644–1660\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eToward New Criteria: La Peyrère and the Pre-Adamites\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eGeneral Conclusions\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eBibliography\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eIndex\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e","brand":"University of Texas Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49408942997847,"sku":"9781477306123","price":15.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9781477306123.jpg?v=1730504798","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/origins-of-the-american-indians-9781477306123","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}