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books about the organization of societies in the pre-colonial americas? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 9 hours ago by mouseirl@lemmy.ml to c/history@hexbear.net

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title is what i'm looking for. unsure where to start looking since i don't often read books that focus directly on history. i'd appreciate if someone could point me in the right direction.

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[–] corgiwithalaptop@hexbear.net 4 points 9 hours ago (1 children)

Try 'The History of Everything' by David Graeber

[–] SteamedHamberder@hexbear.net 2 points 8 hours ago (1 children)

Dawn of Everything?

[–] corgiwithalaptop@hexbear.net 2 points 8 hours ago

There ya go, thats the one.

[–] sharkfucker420@lemmy.ml 2 points 8 hours ago* (last edited 8 hours ago) (1 children)

W. H. Prescott briefly covers the political and economic structure of the Aztec and Inca in his History of the Conquest of Mexico and Peru but it is no deep analysis. The sources he cites might be a useful starting point.

[–] frosty99c@midwest.social 2 points 8 hours ago

I'm currently reading Open Veins of Latin America. Again, touched very briefly but there are sources that might point in the right direction.