The Incas

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"The book investigates 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"--

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Title Statements

Full title :The Incas / Terence N. D'Altroy.

Summary

"The book investigates 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"--

Edition Statements

Publication Date:2015.
Edition:Second edition

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Wiley-Blackwell
Place of Publication:Chichester, West Sussex
Language:eng
Publication Date:2015.

The Physical Object

Description:xvii, 547 pages : : illustrations, maps ; : 23 cm.

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9781444331158, 1444331159, 9781444331141, 1444331140
oclc:ocn866252657
LC Classification:F3429
Dewey Decimal:985/.019

1. Introduction -- 2. The Land and Its People -- 3. The Incas before the Empire -- 4. The History of the Empire: Narrative Visions -- 5. Thinking Inca -- 6. The Politics of Blood in Cuzco -- 7. The Heartland of the Empire -- 8. Inca Ideology: Powers of the Sky and Earth, Past and Present -- 9. Family, Community, and Class -- 10. Militarism -- 11. Provincial Rule -- 12. Farmers, Herders, and Storehouses -- 13. Things and Their Masters -- 14. Invasion and Aftermath.