The Tainos: Rise and Decline of the People Who Greeted Columbus

by Irving B. Rouse

Book Overview

"A model of clarity and lightly worn erudition, and it contains the best and most straightforward description of the four Columbus voyages and their implications for the Amerindians I have seen."--Kenneth Maxwell, New York Times Book Review

A noted archeologist and anthropologist tells the story of the Tainos--the first people Columbus encountered when he arrived in the Americas--from their ancestral days on the South American...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0300056966
• ISBN13: 9780300056969
• Release Date: July 1993
• Publisher: Yale University Press
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.84 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.2"