Denevan, William M.

The Native population of the Americas in 1492 ( Book )
21 editions published between 1976 and 1992 in English and held by 1,261 libraries worldwide
<DIV><P>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.<BR> 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.<BR> 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.</P></DIV>

Carl Sauer on culture and landscape readings and commentaries by Carl Ortwin Sauer ( Book )
4 editions published in 2009 in English and held by 487 libraries worldwide

Hispanic lands and peoples : selected writings of James J. Parsons by James Jerome Parsons ( Book )
3 editions published in 1989 in English and held by 240 libraries worldwide

The aboriginal cultural geography of the Llanos de Mojos of Bolivia by William M Denevan ( Book )
12 editions published between 1966 and 1980 in English and Spanish and held by 231 libraries worldwide

Swidden-fallow agroforestry in the Peruvian Amazon ( Book )
4 editions published in 1987 in English and held by 181 libraries worldwide

Cultivated landscapes of Native Amazonia and the Andes : triumph over the soil by William M Denevan ( Book )
2 editions published between 2000 and 2001 in English and held by 148 libraries worldwide

The upland pine forests of Nicaragua; a study in cultural plant geography by William M Denevan ( Book )
8 editions published in 1961 in English and held by 143 libraries worldwide

Cultivated landscapes of native Amazonia and the Andes by William M Denevan ( Book )
12 editions published between 2001 and 2005 in English and held by 126 libraries worldwide

The role of geographical research in Latin America : proceedings of the First International Congress of Latin Americanist Geographers, Paipa, Colombia, August 8-12, 1977 by International Congress of Latin Americanist Geographers ( Book )
in English and held by 110 libraries worldwide

Pre-Hispanic agricultural fields in the Andean Region : proceedings, 45 Congreso Internacional de Americanistas, International Congress of Americanists, Bogotá, Colombia, 1985 by International Congress of Americanists ( Book )
3 editions published in 1987 in English and held by 106 libraries worldwide