Ralph Bauer is an associate professor of English at the University of Maryland, College Park, and the author of The Cultural Geography of Colonial American Literatures.
"Bauer's annotated translation of the account provided by Titu Cusi
(1538-1570) to defend his claim to royal Inca descent and to
justify his opposition to the Spanish invaders makes available for
the first time in English a full-length and highly accessible
version of this important document. The account will help students
and teachers of Latin American history and historians in general
better understand the complex and incomplete process of the Spanish
Conquest in Peru. Titu Cusi's text and Bauer's ample introduction
confront readers with the significant divisions, competing
factions, and surprising alliances that appeared among both Inca
nobles and Spanish invaders as they battled for power and wealth in
the Andes."
--The Americas
"This translation, available for the first time in its entirety,
takes a critical look at how the Incan society challenged the
Spanish conquest."
--Colorado Endowment for the Humanities 2005 Publication Prize
Committee
"This unique document, which provides a rare indigenous vision of
the Spanish conquest of Peru and its aftermath, is now available in
English thanks to the scholarly work of Ralph Bauer. . . . Bauer's
scholarship, and his mastery of the topic, is reflected in the fine
translation as well as in the extensive introduction and
substantial set of footnotes. The translation is not only highly
accurate, but also modernized in a way that will make the account
easily accessible to specialists, students of Latin American
history, as well as the general public interested in the Incas. The
introduction provides information on the specific social conditions
under which the document was written and insights into the
historical personages mentioned in the text. . . . The value of the
publication is further increased with the addition of a glossary, a
well-developed index, and an appealing overall book design. This
publication is a pleasure to the eye as well as to the mind."
--Journal of Anthropological Research
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