Preface 1. Introduction2. The Land and its People3. The Incas before the Empire4. The Rise of the Empire: Narrative Visions5. The Politics of Blood in Cuzco6. The Heartland of the Empire7. Inca Ideology: Powers of the Sky and Earth, Past and Present8. Family, Community, and Class9. Militarism10. Provincial Rule11. Farmers, Herders, and Storehouses12. Artisans and Artistry13. Invasion and AftermathGlossaryNotesBibliography index
Terence N. D'Altroy is Associate Professor of Anthropology at Columbia University and the world's leading Inca specialist. He is the author of Provincial Power in the Inka Empire (1992) and co-editor, with Christine A. Hastorf, of Empire and Domestic Economy (1997).
"Transforms the field of Inca studies." Gary Urton, Harvard
University
"There have been many syntheses of the Inca culture of the Central
Andes of South America, but this one, by the leader in Inca
studies, surpasses them all." Choice
"[D'Altroy] is recognised as an outstanding and well-published
scholar on the provinces of the Inca Empire. I highly recommend
this excellent synthesis of Inca studies ... for its comparative
empire insights ... its smooth and lively narrative style and for
the critical discussion of the abundant historical and
archaeological sources on the Inca empire." Journal of the Royal
Anthropological Institute
"Transforms the field of Inca studies." "Gary Urton, Harvard
University" "There have been many syntheses of the Inca culture of
the Central Andes of South America, but this one, by the leader in
Inca studies, surpasses them all." "Choice" "[D'Altroy] is
recognised as an outstanding and well-published scholar on the
provinces of the Inca Empire. I highly recommend this excellent
synthesis of Inca studies ... for its comparative empire insights
... its smooth and lively narrative style and for the critical
discussion of the abundant historical and archaeological sources on
the Inca empire." "Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute"
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