About the Author

Steve J. Stern is professor of history and director of Latin American and Iberian Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. His books include Resistance, Rebellion, and Consciousness in the Andean Peasant World, 18th to 20th Centuries and Confronting Historical Paradigms: Peasants, Labor, and the Capitalist World System in Africa and Latin America, both of which are published by the University of Wisconsin Press.

Reviews

"A masterful and superbly written history of the Indians of the Ayachucho region during the first century after the conquest, Stern's work greatly advances research into Andean society."--Jeffrey L. Klaiber, S. J., The Americas