Acknowledgements
Introduction by Jane M. Rausch
Toward a History of the Amerindian Civilizations
Another Historical Perspective
The First Emigrants
Agriculture
Foreign Contacts
Diffusionism versus Isolationism
Religious Fanaticism
Human Sacrifice
The Mayas
The Aztecs
The Incas
From Colonization to Decolonization
The Conquest Revisited
From Underdevelopment to Neocolonialism
Notes
Bibliography
Index