The Jay I. Kislak Collection at the Library of Congress : a catalog of the gift of the Jay I. Kislak Foundation to the Library of Congress / Arthur Dunkelman ; with essays by Ralph E. Ehrenberg ... et al.

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Notes: SCNHREF copy 39088014755987 Purchased from the Cullman Endowment.
Contents: Preface / James H. Billington -- Foreword by Arthur Dunkelman -- Collector's note / by Jay I. Kislak -- From the Olmec to Columbus / introduction by Robert J. Sharer -- Columbus and the encounter / introduction by John Lombardi -- The conquest -- The new geography / introduction by Ralph E. Ehrenberg -- Histories and chronicles -- Voyages and travels / introduction by Norman Fiering -- The social order -- Natural history, ethnography, and archaeology / introduction by George Stuart -- Florida and the circum-Caribbean / introduction by Jerald T. Milanich -- The new nation / introduction by John Lombardi

Author: Jay I. Kislak Collection (Library of Congress); Dunkelman, Arthur; Ehrenberg, Ralph E. 1937-
Subject: Jay I. Kislak Collection (Library of Congress)

Physical description: xxii, 235 p. : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.) ; 32 cm

Topic: Indians--First contact with other peoples; Indians of Central America--History; Indians of Mexico--History; History; Discovery and exploration; European; Ethnic relations