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Taking the perspective of native Americans, this work aims to explain some of the general principles on which pre-Hispanic Andeans lives were based. It also describes how the imposed Spanish colonial system altered the organization and belief systems of the native inhabitants of northern Peru.

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"This is a significant contribution to the field. . . . The careful and sophisticated analysis of the indigenous view of the effects of the Spanish invasion is a model of how to do ethnohistory."—Journal of Social History
"An impressive and valuable contribution to our understanding of Andean ethnohistory."—The Americas

Table of Contents
Contents 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.

The World Upside Down Crosscultural Contact and

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      Publisher: Stanford University Press
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 01/10/1998
      ISBN13: 9780804735209, 978-0804735209
      ISBN10: 0804735204

      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Taking the perspective of native Americans, this work aims to explain some of the general principles on which pre-Hispanic Andeans lives were based. It also describes how the imposed Spanish colonial system altered the organization and belief systems of the native inhabitants of northern Peru.

      Trade Review
      "This is a significant contribution to the field. . . . The careful and sophisticated analysis of the indigenous view of the effects of the Spanish invasion is a model of how to do ethnohistory."—Journal of Social History
      "An impressive and valuable contribution to our understanding of Andean ethnohistory."—The Americas

      Table of Contents
      Contents 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6.

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