People of the Volcano: Andean Counterpoint in the Colca Valley of Peru

by Alexandra Parma Cook, Noble David Cook, Alexandra Parma Parma Cook

Book Overview

While it now attracts many tourists, the Colca Valley of Peru's southern Andes was largely isolated from the outside world until the 1970s, when a passable road was built linking the valley-and its colonial churches, terraced hillsides, and deep canyon-to the city of Arequipa and its airport, eight hours away. Noble David Cook and his co-researcher Alexandra Parma Cook have been studying the Colca Valley since 1974, and this detailed ethnohistory...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0822339714
• ISBN13: 9780822339717
• Release Date: June 2007
• Publisher: Duke University Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.05 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.3" x 9.2"