Jack Weatherford

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Jack Weatherford
Ethnographer, Anthropologist
NationalityAmerican
Website
www.jwf.mn

Jack McIver Weatherford is the former DeWitt Wallace Professor of anthropology at Macalester College in Minnesota.[1] He is best known for his 2004 book, Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World.[2] In 2006, he was awarded the Order of the Polar Star,[3] and the Order of Genghis Khan in 2022, Mongolia’s two highest national honors. Moreover, he was honoured with the Order of the Gran Mariscal de Ayacucho by the Government of Bolivia in 2014.

His books in the late 20th century on the influence of Native American cultures have been translated into numerous languages. In addition to publishing chapters and reviews in academic books and journals, Weatherford has published numerous articles in national newspapers to popularize his historic and anthropological coverage of Native American cultures, as well as the American political culture in Congress in the 20th century. In recent years, he has concentrated on the Mongols by looking at their impact since the time that Genghis Khan united the Mongol tribes in 1206.

Biography

In 1946 Weatherford was born on a farm in

Frankfurt University and Duke University.[4]
He worked as legislative assistant to Senator John Glenn and taught for twenty-nine years at Macalester College in Saint Paul, Minnesota, where he held the DeWitt Wallace Distinguished Chair of Anthropology.

His books include

National Conference of Christians and Jews
.

He became more widely known for his book, The History of Money (1997), which was chosen as a selection of the Conservative

ABC Evening News with Peter Jennings, Geraldo's Now It Can Be Told, Larry King, All Things Considered, Nightwatch, Tony Brown's Journal, and the Voice of America. In 2014 Bolivia
honored him for this work on the indigenous people of the Americas with the Order of the Gran Mariscal de Ayacucho, Antonio José Sucre and named him Honorary Cultural Ambassador of Bolivia’s Casa de Libertad in the Constitutional Capital Sucre, and honorary citizen of Potosí.

Since the late twentieth century, Weatherford has studied and published on the cultures and history of Mongolia. His work has been recognized by that nation's government: in 2006, he was awarded the Order of the Polar Star, Mongolia's highest national honor. In addition, Weatherford was awarded the honorary order by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Mongolia and the medal of the President of Mongolia in 2010. On 24 November 2022-Chinggis Khan's birthday celebration in Mongolia, the President of Mongolia awarded Chinggis Khan order to Jack Weatherford, making him the first foreign recipient of this prestigious award.[5] He now lives at Tur Hurah on the Bogd Khan Mountain in Mongolia.

Publications

  • 2016: Genghis Khan and the Quest for God: How the World's Greatest Conqueror Gave Us Religious Freedom : Viking, 2016.
    ISBN 978-0735221154[6][7][8]
  • 2010:
    ISBN 978-0307407153[9]
  • 2004: Genghis Khan and the Making of the Modern World New York: Crown Publishers
  • 1997: The History of Money. New York: Crown Publishers.
  • 1994: Savages and Civilization: Who Will Survive? New York: Crown Publishers.
  • 1991: Native Roots: How the Indians Enriched America. New York: Crown Publishers.
  • 1988: Indian Givers: How the Indians of the Americas Transformed the World
  • 1987: Narcoticos en Bolivia y los Estados Unidos. La Paz, Bolivia: Los Amigos del Libro.
  • 1986: Porn Row. New York: Arbor House.
  • 1981: Tribes on the Hill. New York: Rawson-Wade (Scribners).[10]

References

  1. ^ "Jack Weatherford - Macalester College". Retrieved 2022-12-26.
  2. ^ "Jack Weatherford | Penguin Random House". PenguinRandomhouse.com. Retrieved 2022-12-26.
  3. ^ "Jack Weatherford". Robin Straus Agency, Inc. Retrieved 2022-12-26.
  4. ^ "Jack Weatherford". The Globalist. Retrieved 2022-12-26.
  5. Xinhua
    . 24 November 2022. Retrieved 30 November 2022.
  6. ^ "Best-selling author Jack Weatherford to discuss Genghis Khan's surprising approach to religious freedom at EWU event in Spokane | The Spokesman-Review". www.spokesman.com. Retrieved 2022-12-26.
  7. ISSN 0362-4331
    . Retrieved 2022-12-26.
  8. ^ Kilian, Crawford (2010-07-26). "Genghis Khan, Feminist". The Tyee. Retrieved 2022-12-26.
  9. ^ "Jack Weatherford arrived in Mongolia by the President invitation". gogo.mn. Retrieved 2022-12-26.
  10. ^ "Weatherford, Jack – Minnesota Authors on the Map". Retrieved 2022-12-26.
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