People of the Volcano
Andean Counterpoint in the Colca Valley of Peru
1st Edition
Published on 27. June 2007
336 pages
978-0-8223-8961-3 (ISBN)
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First full-length history of the Colca Valley in southern Peru from pre-Hispanic times to the present.
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Noble David Cook | Alexandra Parma Cook
People of the Volcano
Andean Counterpoint in the Colca Valley of Peru
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06/2007
Duke University Press
€113.50
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Noble David Cook is Professor of History at Florida International University. He is the author of Born to Die: Disease and New World Conquest, 1492-1650; The People of the Colca Valley: A Population Study; and Demographic Collapse: Indian Peru, 1520-1620.Alexandra Parma Cook is an independent scholar. They are the coauthors of Good Faith and Truthful Ignorance: A Case of Transatlantic Bigamy and the coeditors and translators of The Discovery and Conquest of Peru, by Pedro de Cieza de León, both also published by Duke University Press.
Content
Illustrations and Tables ix
Preface xi
Part I: Foundations
1. Beneath the Soaring Condor 3
2. Return of the Viracocha 29
3. Crisis of the New Order 51
Part II: The Republica de los Indios
4. Constructing an "Andean Utopia" 79
5. "Republica de los Indios": Social and Political Structure 105
6. Tribute and the Domestic economy 131
7. Extractive Economy 155
8. Indoctrination and Resistance 181
Part III: The "Republica de los Espanoles"
9. Crisis in the "Republica de los Espanoles" 215
Epilogue: Andean Counterpoint 243
Notes 261
Bibliography 285
Index 311
Preface xi
Part I: Foundations
1. Beneath the Soaring Condor 3
2. Return of the Viracocha 29
3. Crisis of the New Order 51
Part II: The Republica de los Indios
4. Constructing an "Andean Utopia" 79
5. "Republica de los Indios": Social and Political Structure 105
6. Tribute and the Domestic economy 131
7. Extractive Economy 155
8. Indoctrination and Resistance 181
Part III: The "Republica de los Espanoles"
9. Crisis in the "Republica de los Espanoles" 215
Epilogue: Andean Counterpoint 243
Notes 261
Bibliography 285
Index 311
