Francisco Pizarro and his brothers
Subtitle: the illusion of power in sixteenth-century Peru
By: by Rafael Varón Gabai ; translated by Javier Flores Espinoza.
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Published: 1997
Place of publication: Norman
Language: eng
Number of pages: 352
Subjects: Pizarro, Francisco, ca. 1475-1541 -- Family.; Pizarro, Francisco, ca. 1475-1541 -- Estate.; Pizarro family.; Pizarro, Hernando, d. 1578 -- Estate.; Pizarro, Gonzalo, d. 1548 -- Estate.; Indians of South America -- Peru -- History -- 16th century.; Peru -- History -- Conquest, 1522-1548.; Peru -- History -- 1548-1820.
Description: "Based on author's doctoral dissertation, work reconstructs and analyzes the making of the financial empire of the conquerer of Peru and his brothers. Painstaking study examines and elucidates multiple aspects of both the economic and sociopolitical history of the Perus and Spain in the 16th century"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 58.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 309-340) and index.