- Paperback: 272 pages
- Publisher: Cambridge University Press (Nov 28 1998)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0521637597
- ISBN-13: 978-0521637596
- Product Dimensions: 2.3 x 1.5 x 0.2 cm
- Shipping Weight: 440 g
- Average Customer Review: 4.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: #366,747 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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"In sum, this book is an excellent Baedeker to Rostworowski's fundamental contributions with respect to the documentation and interpretation of pre-Hispanic Andean political economy." Alan L. Kolata, American Historical Review
"This is a masterful work, which presents the most complete single volume treatment of the Incas available in English." Bulletin of The Society of Spanish and Portuguese Historical Studies
"This is a masterful work, which presents the most complete single volume treatment of the Incas available in English." Bulletin of The Society of Spanish and Portuguese Historical Studies
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History of the Inca Realm is a classic work of ethnohistorical research that has been both influential and provocative in the field of Andean prehistory. Maria Rostworowski uses a great variety of published and unpublished documents and secondary works by Latin American, North American, and European scholars to examine topics such as the mythical origins of the Incas, the expansion of the Inca state, the political role of women, the vast trading networks of the coastal merchants, and the causes of the disintegration of the Inca state in the face of a small force of Spaniards.
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What is called the Inca state was a late development among the high cultures of pre-Hispanic America; millennia separate it from the onset of Andean civilization. Read the first page
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Pachamama,
By Jan Chen-Han (Taiwan) - See all my reviews
This review is from: History of the Inca Realm (Hardcover)
The Inca culture is a very great sourece for the human being. But until now we do not know it very much. We need more and more information to know the true Inca. How ? The Inca is not only the Inca trail or the Machu Picchu, nor the stone only, The trational food, the music, the festive, their language (not the Spanish) ,all of those are the true Inca culture. But we do not see any one investigate it. What is pachamama? It mean the origin of the earth,the source of the earth,the mother of the earth. Where is the Inca now? We need to know the reeason why it disappeared. Maybe the answers will save our future.
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I fell in love with Peru!!! I want to learn all there is to know about it and what better than those that have explored it and studied it before I did. I feel enriched with Incan knowledge already...
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History of the Inca Realm by Maria Rostworowski de Diez Canseco,
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This book is a wonderful source of information regarding the stablishment of the nobelity in the Inca Empire - Peru - Tawantinsuyu. It explains how they obtained their accomplishments and their way of rulling such vast land.I love it!! I got the book about a year ago, I'm still rereading it again and again. I purchased it used, it arrived on time and as it was described. Thanks. 11 of 30 people found the following review helpful
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Pachamama,
By Jan Chen-Han - Published on Amazon.com
This review is from: History of the Inca Realm (Hardcover)
The Inca culture is a very great sourece for the human being. But until now we do not know it very much. We need more and more information to know the true Inca. How ? The Inca is not only the Inca trail or the Machu Picchu, nor the stone only, The trational food, the music, the festive, their language (not the Spanish) ,all of those are the true Inca culture. But we do not see any one investigate it. What is pachamama? It mean the origin of the earth,the source of the earth,the mother of the earth. Where is the Inca now? We need to know the reeason why it disappeared. Maybe the answers will save our future.
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