Andean Worlds: Indigenous History, Culture, and Consciousness under Spanish Rule, 1532-1825

by Kenneth J. Andrien

Book Overview

This broadly gauged, synthetic study examines how the Spanish invasion of the Inca Empire (called Tawintinsuyu) in 1532 brought dramatic and irreversible transformations in traditional Andean modes of production, technology, politics, religion, culture, and social hierarchies. At the same time, Professor Andrien explains how the indigenous peoples merged these changes with their own political, socioeconomic, and religious traditions. In this way...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0826323588
• ISBN13: 9780826323583
• Release Date: August 2001
• Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
• Length: 304 Pages
• Weight: 1.08 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.4" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

a must!

This book let me say has it all! A really great and easy to read history-type book on the incan civilization and colonial society in the Andes. It's very well written and includes so many interesting and no so obvious details. It's easy to understand and a fast read. The only complaint I have is that it's a bit repetitive throughout the chapters, but for students, that's not a bad thing!