Reviews tagging 'Religious bigotry'

1491: New Revelations of the Americas Before Columbus by Charles C. Mann

3 reviews

angelfireeast24's review

adventurous informative inspiring reflective slow-paced

5.0

Brilliant book. This book jumps around every chapter but it works. I learn so much from this book. It very well researched and well written. Never dull or difficult to understand. 

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Racism, Colonisation, Death, and War

Minor: Xenophobia, Animal death, Classism, Murder, Religious bigotry, Cannibalism, and Slavery

stevia333k's review

adventurous dark hopeful informative inspiring

4.5

This book is 15-20 years old, and thereby needs to be followed up with updates (also it speaks to the academic problem of not letting indigenous people look at their own artifacts when trying to do research). That being said white supremacists be using way more out of date information than this book. The book is great at dispelling pan-indianism & pan-indigineity while giving highlights, and it offers interesting thoughts on how the older societies could've impacted tensions among white/settler/colonizer societies.

The style guide discussion in the coda is very interesting especially since it records the Overton window of the time

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Classism, Colonisation, Racial slurs, Racism, Genocide, Sexism, Violence, Ableism, Death, Torture, War, Rape, Religious bigotry, and Cultural appropriation

Moderate: Cannibalism

bencaroline's review

challenging informative medium-paced

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Content Warnings

Graphic: Xenophobia and Genocide

Moderate: Racism, Trafficking, Religious bigotry, Murder, Kidnapping, Incest, Drug use, Death, Blood, Animal cruelty, and Terminal illness

Minor: Cannibalism and Ableism

Content warnings are largely in the context of sterile narration of often-gruesome history of various ancient civilizations, and the clashing of societies and cultures throughout the history of the American continents.