Focuses on little-known moments in history when two cultures--previously unknown or little known to each other--met, and altered the course of history.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
* Introduction The Columbus Quartet * Columbus, My Enemy * The Admiral and the Chief * Columbuss Comeuppance Contrast And Coincidence In The Americas * White Legends and Lost Tribes * The Gardeners of Eden * Death and Taxes * Pandoras Bite * The Matter of Smallpox * That Unmanned, Wild Country * Garcilaso de la Vega, El Inca * Pilgrims Paradox Encountering the European World * The Emperors Giraffe * Coffee, Tea, or Opium * Tripitakas Journey to the West * Vikings and Eskimos * Disney Dissonance Caribbean Connections * St. George and Juncanoo * Caribbean Diasporas * Cricket and Colonialism * Its How You Play the Game The Cultural Richness of the World * Reburying Hatchets * A Texas Powwow * Trickster Treats