Shadows of Empire by David T Garrett
The Indian nobility of the Andes--largely descended from the Inca monarchs and other pre-conquest lords--occupied a crucial economic and political position in late colonial Andean society, a position widely accepted as legitimate until the T pac Amaru rebellion. This volume traces the history of this late colonial elite and examines the pre-conquest and colonial foundations of their privilege and authority. It brings to light the organization and the ideology of the Indian nobility in the bishopric of Cusco in the decades before the rebellion, and uses this nobility as a lens through which to study the internal organization and tension of late colonial Indian communities.
"This is a fine-grained study, meticulously researched and scrupulously written, and it represents a considerable achievementIt should remain the standard reference on the late colonial vicissitudes of the Inca nobles and other indigenous elites in southern Peru. Its emphasis on social divergence within interlocking indigenous, and even non-indigenous, elites and local governance has significant implications for the study of politics, society, and power well beyond the colonial era. -David Cahill, University of New South Wales, American Historical Review
David T. Garrett is Associate Professor of History at Reed College. He is the author of articles in the journals Revista Andin and Hispanic American Historical Review. He has traveled extensively in the Andes, particularly in Peru and Bolivia.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780521846349 |
| ISBN 10 | 052184634X |
| Title | Shadows of Empire |
| Author | David T Garrett |
| Series | Cambridge Latin American Studies |
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| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
| Year published | 2005-09-12 |
| Number of pages | 328 |
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