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The Peru reader : history, culture, politics / edited by Orin Starn, Carlos Ivan Degregori, and Robin Kirk.
e-Duke Books Scholarly Collection Pre-2008 Archive Available online
e-Duke Books Scholarly Collection Pre-2008 Archive- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- e-Duke books scholarly collection.
- Latin America readers.
- The Latin America readers
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Peru--History.
- Peru.
- Peru--Social conditions.
- Peru--Economic conditions.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (598 pages).
- Edition:
- 2nd ed., rev. and expanded.
- Place of Publication:
- Durham : Duke University Press, 2005.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- An interdisciplinary anthology of work from and about Peru, including nonfiction, poetry, journalism, history, and cultural analysis, that includes many primary resources never before published in English.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- PART I. THE ANCIENT CIVILIZATIONS
- The Chavin Cult, Brian Fagan
- Nazca Pottery, Javier Sologuren
- The Huarochiri Manuscript, Anonymous
- Moon, Sun,Witches, Irene Silverblatt
- The Origins of the Incas, Garcilaso de la Vega
- Cloth, Textile, and the Inca Empire, John Murra
- Taxation and the Incas, Pedro de Cieza de Leon
- Officials and Messengers, Guaman Poma de Ayala
- The Search for Machu Picchu, Hiram Bingham
- PART II. CONQUEST AND COLONIAL RULE
- Atahualpa and Pizarro, John Hemming
- In Defense of the Indians, Bartolome de las Casas
- Our House, Marco Martos
- The Tragedy of Success, Steve J. Stern
- Diary of Colonial Lima, Josephe de Mugaburu y Honton
- Friar Martin's Mice, Ricardo Palma
- The Rebellion of Tupac Amaru, Alberto Flores Galindo
- "All Must Die!" Jose Antonio de Areche
- PART III. REPUBLICAN PERU
- The Battle of Ayacucho, Antonio Cisneros
- Comas and theWar of the Pacific, Florencia E. Mallon
- Priests, Indians, Soldiers, and Heroes, Manuel Gonzalez Prada
- Women of Lima, Flora Tristan
- Amazonian Indians and the Rubber Boom, Manuel Cordova
- PART IV. THE ADVENT OF MODERN POLITICS
- Tempest in the Andes, Luis Valcarcel
- Water! Juan Pevez
- Reflections, Jose Carlos Mariategui
- Human Poems, Cesar Vallejo
- The apra, Victor Raul Haya de la Torre
- The Massacre of Chan Chan, Carleton Beals
- Lost to Sight, Cesar Moro
- PART V. THE BREAKUP OF THE OLD ORDER
- The Pongo's Dream, Jose Maria Arguedas
- "The Master Will No Longer Feed Off Your Poverty," Juan Velasco
- The 24th of June, Gabriel Aragon
- Villa El Salvador, Cecilia Blondet
- Recipe for a House, Mercedes Torribio
- Featherless Vultures, Julio Ramon Ribeyro
- Peru's African Rhythms, Nicomedes Santa Cruz
- A Guerrilla'sWord, Javier Heraud
- Liberation Theology, Gustavo Gutierrez
- A World for Julius, Alfredo Bryce Echenique
- PART VI. THE SHINING PATH
- "A Frightening Thirst for Vengeance," Osman Morote
- We Are the Initiators, Abimael Guzman
- The Quota, Gustavo Gorriti
- Memories of a Cadre, "Nicario"
- Oath of Loyalty, Anonymous
- PART VII. MANCHAY TIEMPO
- Vietnam in the Andes, "Pancho"
- Death Threat, Anonymous
- Women and Terror, Raquel Martin de Mejia
- Chaqwa, Robin Kirk
- Huamanguino, Ranulfo Fuentes
- "There Have Been Threats," Maria Elena Moyano
- Peasants at War, Ponciano del Pino
- Time of Reckoning, Salomon Lerner
- PART VIII. THE COCAINE ECONOMY
- The Hold Life Has, Catherine J. Allen
- My Little Coca, Let Me Chew You! Anonymous
- The Cocaine Economy, Jo Ann Kawell
- Drugs, Soldiers, and Guerrillas, "Chaname"
- PART IX. THE STRUGGLE FOR SURVIVAL
- Soup of the Day, Family Kitchen No. 79
- Nightwatch, Orin Starn
- "A Momentous Decision," Alberto Fujimori
- Choleric Outbreak, Caretas
- Bribing a Congressman, Alberto Kouri and Vladimiro Montesinos
- Simply Pascuala, Jose Maria Salcedo
- PART X. CULTURE(S) REDEFINED
- Chayraq! Carlos Ivan Degregori
- The Choncholi Chewing Gum Rap, Nosequien y los nosecuantos
- Sarita Colonia Comes Flying, Eduardo Gonzalez Viana
- Is Peru Turning Protestant? Luis Minaya
- Interview with a Gay Activist, Enrique Bossio
- Adrenaline Nights, Carmen Olle
- Reencounter, Giovanna Pollarolo
- I Am the Bad Girl of the Story, Maria Emilia Cornejo
- Conversation in the Cathedral, Mario Vargas Llosa
- The Slave, Jaime Bayly
- Aguaruna Adventures, Anonymous
- Self-Images, Workshop for Social Photography
- Suggestions for Further Reading.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [567]-570) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1-283-02212-5
- 9786613022127
- 0-8223-8750-6
- OCLC:
- 220950410
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