The Incas
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The Incas
（The peoples of America）
Blackwell, 2003
- : pbk
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Originally published: 2002
Description based on 2004 printing
Includes bibliographical references (p. [337]-376) and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
The great empire of the Incas at its height encompassed an area of western South America comparable in size to the Roman Empire in Europe. This book describes and explains its extraordinary progress from a small Andean society in southern Peru to its rapid demise little more than a century later at the hands of the Spanish conquerors. The Incas is the first book fully to synthesize history and archaeology in a sweeping exploration of the entire empire from Chile to Ecuador. The author explains how the Incas drew from millennia of cultural developments to mould a diverse land into a dynamic, powerful, and yet fragile polity. From this integrated perspective, The Incas profoundly rethinks the nature of imperial formation, ideology, and social, economic, and political relations in Inca society.
Table of Contents
Preface 1. Introduction 2. The Land and its People 3. The Incas before the Empire 4. The Rise of the Empire: Narrative Visions 5. The Politics of Blood in Cuzco 6. The Heartland of the Empire 7. Inca Ideology: Powers of the Sky and Earth, Past and Present 8. Family, Community, and Class 9. Militarism 10. Provincial Rule 11. Farmers, Herders, and Storehouses 12. Artisans and Artistry 13. Invasion and Aftermath Glossary Notes Bibliography Index
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