ISBN: 9780521598613 - in search of an inca: identity and utopia in the andes (new approaches to the americas) (5 Ergebnisse)

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.

Zustand: New. In English.

Paperback. Zustand: Brand New. 270 pages. 9.25x6.25x0.75 inches. In Stock.

Zustand: New. This book examines how people in the Andean region have invoked the Incas to question and rethink colonialism and injustice. Series: New Approaches to the Americas. Num Pages: 306 pages, 1 b/w illus. 11 maps 7 tables. BIC Classification: 1KLSX; 1QDAK; HBJK; HBLH; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 428. . 2010. Illustrated. paperback. . . . . Books ship from the US and Ireland. …

Taschenbuch. Zustand: Neu. Druck auf Anfrage Neuware - Printed after ordering - In Search of an Inca examines how people in the Andean region have invoked the Incas to question and rethink colonialism and injustice, from the time of the Spanish conquest in the sixteenth century until the late twentieth century. It stresses the recurrence of the 'Andean Utopia', that is, the idealization of the pre-colonial past as an era of harmony, justice, and prosperity and the foundation for political and social agendas for the future. In this award-winning work, Alberto Flores Galindo highlights how different groups imagined the pre-Andean world as a model for a new society. These included those conquered by the Spanish in the sixteenth century but also rebels in the colonial and modern era and a heterogeneous group of intellectuals and dissenters. This sweeping and accessible history of the Andes over the last five hundred years offers important reflections on and grounds for comparison of memory, utopianism, and resistance.…