xii, 351 pages frontispiece, plates, maps (1 folded) 24 cm
Note
"The purpose of the present volume has been that of carrying onwards the story of the Andean area from the point where it was left in Ancient civilization of the Andes."--Preface.
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 301-325).
Form
Also issued online.
Summary
"The purpose of the present volume has been that of carrying onwards the story of the Andean area from the point where it was left in Ancient civilization of the Andes."--Preface.
Contents
The empire of the Incas in its last years -- The coming of the Castilians -- The conquest of Peru by Castile -- The civil wars and other tumults, 1541-1569 -- The consolidation of the colonial government -- The theory of Spanish colonial government in Peru -- The reality of the colonial regime in Peru -- Commerce and foreign envy -- Intellectual life in viceregal Peru, 1530-1780.