Author: Wilson, Samuel Meredith, 1957-

emperor's giraffe and other stories of cultures in contact
Date1999
Publish_locationBoulder, CO
PublisherWestview Press
CollectionRicci Institute Library
Edition
LanguageEnglish
Record_typeBook
Series
ShelfReading Room
Call NumberGN366.W56 1999
Descriptionxii, 223 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
NoteThe emperor's giraffe and other stories of cultures in contact / Samuel M. Wilson.
Includes bibliographical references and index.

The Columbus Quartet. Columbus, My Enemy. The Admiral and the Chief. Columbus's Competition. Columbus's Comeuppance -- Contrast and Coincidence in the Americas. White Legends and Lost Tribes. The Gardeners of Eden. Death and Taxes. Pandora's Bite. The Matter of Smallpox. "That Unmanned, Wild Countrey" Garcilaso de la Vega, El Inca. Pilgrim's Paradox -- Encountering the European World. The Emperor's Giraffe. Coffee, Tea, or Opium? Tripitaka's Journey to the West. Vikings and Eskimos. Disney Dissonance -- Caribbean Connections. Saint George and Juncanoo. Caribbean Diasporas. Cricket and Colonialism -- The Cultural Richness of the World. Reburying Hatchets. A Texas Powwow. Trickster Treats.

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SubjectEast and West Acculturation Culture diffusion
ISBN081333585X ; 9780813335858
LCCN98055918