num_pages: 384
description: David Frye's skillful translation and abridgment of Felipe Guaman Poma de Ayala's monumental First New Chronicle and Good Government (composed between 1600-1616) offers an unprecedented glimpse into pre-colonial Inca society and culture, the Spanish conquest of Peru (1532-1572), and life under the corrupt Spanish colonial administration. An Introduction provides essential historical and cultural background and discusses the author's literary and linguistic innovations. Maps, a glossary of terms, and seventy-five of Guaman Poma's ink drawings are also included.
language: English
title: The First New Chronicle and Good Government, Abridged
titlecomplete: The First New Chronicle and Good Government, Abridged (Hackett Classics)
genres: History, Spanish Literature, Politics, Latin American History, Nonfiction
ratings_count: 87
series: Latin American and Latino Art and Culture
publisher: Hackett Publishing Company, Inc.