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Genre/Form: | History |
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Material Type: | Internet resource |
Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
All Authors / Contributors: |
María Rostworowski de Diez Canseco |
ISBN: | 0521442664 9780521442664 0521637597 9780521637596 |
OCLC Number: | 38746753 |
Description: | x, 259 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm |
Contents: | pt. 1. Rise and Apogee of the State. 1. Primitive Cusco. The Ayarmacas. 2. The Beginnings of Inca Expansion. The Myth of the Ayar Siblings. The Panaca. 3. Expansion and Development. The Legend of the War against the Chancas. The System of Reciprocity. Construction and State Works. The Conquests. The Successions and Co-rule -- pt. 2. Organizational Aspects. 4. The Social Structure of the Inca Realm. The Elite. The "Traders," The Commoners. Dual Rulership and the Power of the Inca. 5. The Economic Wealth of the Inca Realm. The Labor Force. The Land. Livestock. The State Storehouses. 6. Economic Models. The Highland Economic Model. The Coastal Economic Model. |
Other Titles: | Historia del Tahuantinsuyu. |
Responsibility: | María Rostworowski de Diez Canseco ; translated by Harry B. Iceland. |
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Abstract:
History of the Inca Realm is a classic work of ethnohistorical research which has been both influential and provocative in the field of Andean prehistory. Maria Rostworowski uses a great variety of published and unpublished documents and secondary works by Latin American, North American, and European scholars to examine Inca society.
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"In sum, this book is an excellent Baedeker to Rostworowski's fundamental contributions with respect to the documentation and interpretation of pre-Hispanic Andean political economy." Alan L. Kolata, American Historical Review "This is a masterful work, which presents the most complete single volume treatment of the Incas available in English." Bulletin of The Society of Spanish and Portuguese Historical Studies Read more...
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