Word: europeanization
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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Wauchope thoroughly documents the curious blend of mysticism and racism that animates so many of his theories that claim a European origin for American Indian culture. If he were writing his book today, no doubt he would include the following passage from America B.C., in which Fell describes the growing interest in his work...
...theories depends almost entirely on linguistics. He claims to have deciphered what he says are inscriptions left by ancient visitors in all parts of the North American continent. In addition, he says that some modern American Indian languages contain elements of, or are directly descended from, ancient European and North African tongues...
...presented in America B.C., it consists in large part of lists comparing words from modern American Indian languages and ancient European and North African tongues...
...professional archeologists and linguists at Harvard and other places who were contacted for their opinion of Fell's theories, not one took him seriously, except to lament the damage they felt he was inflicting on legitimate archeological inquiry. Fell himself claims that there are experts in many European universities and museums who do believe in his work. But the American experts contacted did not recognize a single name that Fell listed. People that are described as archeologists in America B.C. and in magazine articles about Fell's work were not known to archeologists at Harvard. On investigation, they turned...
...chorus of other voices. Not since the 1968 Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia had so much obloquy fallen on a Communist government. Among those who denounced the Czechoslovak campaign against the 500 signers of Charter 77 were the British Foreign Office, the French, Spanish, Italian and British Communist Parties, the European Economic Community and the leaders of the Socialist International. Norway called off the signing of a new trade treaty with Czechoslovakia, and Peking's People's Daily lauded the Czechoslovak people's "unflinching battle for independence." Groups of dissidents in Poland and Hungary expressed solidarity with...