La indianidad : the indigenous world before Latin Americans / Hernán Horna ; introduction by Jane M. Rausch.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Horna, Hernán.

Standardized Title:

Indianidad antes de la independencia latinoamericana. English

Language:

English

Spanish

Subjects (All):

Indigenous peoples--History.

Indigenous peoples.

Indians.

History.

Indigenous peoples--Ethnic identity.

Indians--Ethnic identity.

Indians, Treatment of--Latin America.

Indians, Treatment of.

Latin America.

Latin America--Race relations.

Race relations.

Latin America--Politics and government.

Politics and government.

Physical Description:

xi, 179 pages : illustrations, maps ; 23 cm

Edition:

First Markus Wiener Publishers edition.

Other Title:

Indigenous world before Latin Americans

Place of Publication:

Princeton, NJ : Markus Wiener Publishers, 2001.

Language Note:

Translated from the Spanish.

Contents:

Toward a History of the Amerindian Civilizations 1

Another Historical Perspective 3

The First Emigrants 8

Agriculture 11

Foreign Contacts 17

Diffusionism versus Isolationism 29

Religious Fanaticism 31

Human Sacrifice 33

The Mayas 36

The Aztecs 46

The Incas 56

From Colonization to Decolonization 79

The Conquest Revisited 81

From Underdevelopment to Neocolonialism 109.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 167-176) and index.

ISBN:

155876268X

1558762698

OCLC:

47273070