The Last of the Incas: The Rise and Fall of an American Empire

by George Ordish and Edward Hyams

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• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0880295953
• ISBN13: 9780880295956
• Release Date: January 1963
• Publisher: Simon and Schuster
• Length: 295 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.

Customer Reviews

a quick and engrossing read on the inca empire

I read this while travelling in ecuador and couldn't part with it. It was quick enough to not get bogged down in details. It gave a brief history of the inca empire, and then analyzed its downfall in greater detail. The insights I gained from reading this book helped me to gain a greater understanding of Latin American culture. The societal structure of Latin America before the conquistadors came and its subsequent disintegration help an American to understand why Latin America sometimes seems so chaotic and backwards.It was the first book on the Incas whose message really stuck with me.