Royal commentaries of the Incas and general history of Peru
By: Garcilaso de la Vega, El Inca ; translated by Harold V. Livermore ; edited, with an introduction by Karen Spalding.
Contributors: Livermore, H. V., 1914-; Spalding, Karen.
Edition: Abridged.
Publisher: Hackett Pub. Co.
Published: 2006
Place of publication: Indianapolis
Language: eng
Number of pages: 232
ISBN-13: 9780872208438; 9780872208445
Copyright date: 2006
Subjects: Incas; Indians of South America -- Peru; Peru -- History -- To 1548
Work titles: Comentarios reales de los incas.
First sentence: This edition is intended for people who enjoy going to strange and exotic places and getting to know new and unfamiliar societies and cultures.
Description: "This abridgment of Harold V. Livemore's classic translation is the only edition in any language to represent both halves of Garcilaso's historical narrative in one volume. Karen Spalding's new introduction and notes set Garcilaso in his intellectual, historical, and cultural contexts."--BOOK JACKET
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: label: Map of Northwestern South America
title: vii; label: Map of Modern Cusco
title: viii; label: Map of Inca Cusco
title: ix; label: Introduction
title: xi; label: Further Reading in English
title: xxix; label: Royal Commentaries of the Incas and General History of Peru
title: 1; label: Part I
title: 1; label: Chapter 1
title: The New World and Its Inhabitants
pagenum: 1; label: Chapter 2
title: Inca Culture
pagenum: 11; label: Chapter 3
title: The Inca State
pagenum: 22; label: Chapter 4
title: Inca Society
pagenum: 26; label: Chapter 5
title: The Organization and Festivals of the Incas
pagenum: 42; label: Chapter 6
title: Description of Cusco and the Conquests of Inca Yupanqui
pagenum: 61; label: Chapter 7
title: The Empire before the Arrival of the Spaniards
pagenum: 74; label: Chapter 8
title: The Deeds of Huayna Capac and the Wars of Huascar and Atahuallpa
pagenum: 82; label: Part II
title: 99; label: Chapter 1
title: The Expedition to Peru and the Capture of the Inca
pagenum: 99; label: Chapter 2
title: Pizarro and Almagro and the Inca
pagenum: 113; label: Chapter 3
title: War among the Spaniards
pagenum: 138; label: Chapter 4
title: Rebellion against the New Laws
pagenum: 169; label: Chapter 5
title: The Restoration of Order in Peru
pagenum: 187; label: Chapter 6
title: La Gasca Reallocates the Indians and Restores Order
pagenum: 212; label: Index
title: 219