R Alan Covey

Inca Apocalypse

The Spanish Conquest and the Transformation of the Andean World

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This is a major new history of the Spanish conquest of the Inca empire, set in a larger global context than previous accounts, made possible by new archaeological and archival research. Although based on solid scholarly foundations, Inca Apocalypse will be accessible to non-academic readers.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 592
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Juli 2020
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 244mm x 167mm x 48mm
• Gewicht: 1000g
• ISBN-13: 9780190299125
• ISBN-10: 0190299126
• Artikelnr.: 57830912

Autorenporträt

R. Alan Covey is a professor of anthropology at the University of Texas at Austin, and a research associate at the American Museum of Natural History.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Chapter 1: Assembling Inca History
Chapter 2: Making Iberian History before the Invention of Spain
Chapter 3: Royal Progress
Chapter 4: Uncertain Empires
Chapter 5: Two Roads to Cajamarca
Chapter 6: Beyond Cajamarca
Chapter 7: Sovereign Failures and New Miracles
Chapter 8: Conquering the Conquistadors and Poor Soldiers
Chapter 9. Conquering Andean Hearts and Minds
Chapter 10. Advent of the Spanish Pachacuti
Chapter 11. Overturning Andean Landscapes
Chapter 12. Transcendent Inca
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