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Numbers from Nowhere - The American Indian Contact Population Debate (Paperback): David Henige

Numbers from Nowhere - The American Indian Contact Population Debate (Paperback)

David Henige

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In the past forty years an entirely new paradigm has developed regarding the contact population of the New World. Proponents of this new theory argue that the American Indian population in 1492 was ten, even twenty, times greater than previous estimates. In Numbers From Nowhere David Henige argues that the data on which these high counts are based are meager and often demonstrably wrong. Drawing on a wide variety of primary and secondary sources, Henige illustrates the use and abuse of numerical data throughout history. He shows that extrapolation of numbers is entirely subjective, however masked it may be by arithmetic, and he questions what constitutes valid evidence in historical and scientific scholarship.

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Imprint:	University of Oklahoma Press
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	February 2022
Authors:	David Henige
Dimensions:	229 x 152 x 25mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	544
ISBN-13:	978-0-8061-9036-5
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > American history > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Ethnic studies > Indigenous peoples Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Anthropology > General Books > History > American history > General Promotions
LSN:	0-8061-9036-1
Barcode:	9780806190365