{"product_id":"the-incas-isbn-9781444331158","title":"The Incas","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Incas\u003c\/i\u003e is a captivating exploration of one of the greatest civilizations ever seen.  Seamlessly drawing on history, archaeology, and ethnography, this thoroughly updated new edition integrates advances made in hundreds of new studies conducted over the last decade.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e• Written by one of the world’s leading experts on Inca civilization\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e• Covers Inca history, politics, economy, ideology, society, and military organization\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e• Explores advances in research that include pre-imperial Inca society; the royal capital of Cuzco; the sacred landscape; royal estates;  Machu Picchu; provincial relations; the \u003ci\u003ekhipu\u003c\/i\u003e information-recording technology; languages, time frames, gender relations, effects on human biology, and daily life\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e• Explicitly examines how the Inca world view and philosophy affected the character of the empire\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e• Illustrated with over 90 maps, figures, and photographs\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface to the Second Edition ix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePreface to the First Edition xv\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 Introduction 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 The Land and Its People 33\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 The Incas before the Empire 68\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 The History of the Empire: Narrative Visions 91\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Thinking Inca 119\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 The Politics of Blood in Cuzco 174\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 The Heartland of the Empire 198\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Inca Ideology: Powers of the Sky and Earth, Past and Present 247\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Family, Community, and Class 290\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Militarism 321\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 Provincial Rule 351\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 Farmers, Herders, and Storehouses 392\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 Things and Their Masters 418\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 Invasion and Aftermath 449\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 476\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGlossary of Foreign Terms 520\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 527\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cb\u003eTerence N. D’Altroy\u003c\/b\u003e is Loubat Professor of American Archaeology in the Department of Anthropology and founding Director of the Center for Archaeology at Columbia University in the City of New York. During more than 40 years of archaeological research, he has worked in the central highlands, Cuzco region and coast of Peru, in Argentina, the United States, and Mexico. His publications include \u003ci\u003eProvincial Power in the Inka Empire\u003c\/i\u003e (1992), \u003ci\u003eEmpires: Perspectives from Archaeology and History\u003c\/i\u003e (co-editor, 2001), and \u003ci\u003eThe Incas: Inside an American Empire\u003c\/i\u003e (2004). \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Incas\u003c\/i\u003e is a captivating exploration of the greatest civilization ever seen in the indigenous Americas. Seamlessly drawing on history, archaeology, and ethnography, the book investigates its extraordinary progress from a small Andean society in southern Peru to its rapid demise little more than a century later at the hands of the Spanish conquerors.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThis thoroughly updated edition integrates advances made in hundreds of new studies covering pre-imperial Inca society; the royal capital of Cuzco; the sacred landscape; royal estates including an extended discussion of Machu Picchu; provincial relations; the \u003ci\u003ekhipu\u003c\/i\u003e information-recording technology; languages, time frames, gender relations, effects on human biology, and daily life.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNew to this edition is a fascinating investigation of Inca notions of life and death, space-time, causality, philosophy, knowledge, and human relations with non-human beings of the landscape. These insights shed light on how the Incas believed the world and cosmos worked and therefore how they could most effectively carve out their grand civilization. Covering Inca history, politics, economy, ideology, society, and military organization, this text balances information about the Cuzco heartland with the vast provincial regions, which took in lands from Colombia to central Chile, to provide a wide-ranging account.\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\"This new edition of Terence D'Altroy's \u003ci\u003eThe Incas\u003c\/i\u003e is the most complete and authoritative account to date of this last, great empire of Pre-Columbian South America.  It will stand for some time to come as the go-to book to consult for everything you ever wanted to know about the Incas -- and what's more, it's an engaging, enlightening and exciting read!\" – \u003ci\u003eGary Urton, Harvard University\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“D’Altroy’s expanded second edition incorporates the latest Inca scholarship along with additional topics of interest.  It is a masterful work by a leading expert, accessible to students and professionals alike.” – \u003ci\u003eKatharina Schreiber, University of California, Santa Barbara\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“A comprehensive overview of the Inca Empire.  There is no other book that even comes close to matching Terence D’Altory’s scholarship and knowledge.” – \u003ci\u003eBrian Bauer, University of Illinois - Chicago\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47990263578853,"sku":"NP9781444331158","price":37.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781444331158.jpg?v=1761787115","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/products\/the-incas-isbn-9781444331158","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}