| Description |
vii, 531 pages : illustrations, map ; 24 cm |
| Contents |
The Chavin Cult / Brian Fagan -- Nazca Pottery / Javier Sologuren -- The Huarochiri Manuscript / Anonymous -- Moon, Sun, Witches / Irene Silverblatt -- The Origins of the Incas / Garcilaso de la Vega -- Cloth, Textile, and the Inca Empire / John Murra -- Taxation and the Incas / Pedro de Cieza de Leon -- Officials and Messengers / Guaman Poma de Ayala -- Atahualpa and Pizarro / John Hemming -- In Defense of the Indians / Bartolome de las Casas -- Our House / Marco Martos -- The Tragedy of Success / Steve J. Stern -- Diary of Colonial Lima / Josephe de Mugaburu y Honton -- Friar Martin's Mice / Ricardo Palma -- The Rebellion of Tupac Amaru / Alberto Flores Galindo -- "All Must Die!" / Jose Antonio de Areche -- The Battle of Ayacucho / Antonio Cisneros -- Comas and the War of the Pacific / Florencia E. Mallon -- Priests, Indians, Soldiers, and Heroes / Manuel Gonzalez Prada -- Women of Lima / Flora Tristan -- Amazonian Indians and the Rubber Boom / Manuel Cordova. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages [517]-519) and index. |
| Summary |
"Vast, multidisciplinary collection contains previously published articles and excerpts from books on Peruvian themes. Concerns archaeology, history, political systems, resistance movements, drugs, and cultural issues. Includes ethnographic contributions of Peruvianists such as Irene Silverblatt, John Murra, José María Arguedes, Catherine Allen, Orin Starn, and others"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57. http://www.loc.gov/hlas/ |
| Subject |
Peru -- History.
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Peru -- Social conditions.
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Peru -- Economic conditions.
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| Added Author |
Starn, Orin.
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Degregori, Carlos Iván.
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Kirk, Robin.
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| ISBN |
0822316013 (acid-free paper) |
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9780822316015 (acid-free paper) |
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082231617X (pbk. : acid-free paper) |
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9780822316176 (pbk. : acid-free paper) |
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1899365060 paperback |
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9781899365067 paperback |
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