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Reciprocity and redistribution in Andean civilizations : transcript of the Lewis Henry Morgan Lectures at the University of Rochester, April 8th--17th, 1969 / John V. Murra ; with annotations by Freda Yancy Wolf and Heather Lechtman.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Murra, John V., author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Morgan, Lewis Henry, 1818-1881.
- Morgan, Lewis Henry.
- Morgan, Lewis Henry,-1818-1881.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xxiv, 94 pages, 10 unnumbered pages of plates) : illustrations, maps
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Chicago, Illinois : Hua Books, [2020]
- Summary:
- John V.Murra's Lewis Henry Morgan Lectures, originally given in 1969, are the only major study of the Andean "avenue towards civilization." Collected and published for the first time here, they offer a powerful and insistent perspective on the Andean region as one of the few places in which a so-called "pristine civilization" developed.
- Contents:
- Intro
- Table of Contents
- Foreword
- Introduction
- Lecture One: The Archipelago Model of Vertical Control in the Andes
- Lecture Two: Reciprocity, the Anthropological Alternative to Exotic Explanations
- Lecture Three: The Inca Attempt to Destroy the Markets
- Lecture Four: Structural Changes in Tawantinsuyu Prior to the European Invasion
- Glossary
- Mapa Ecológico del Perú
- John V. Murra Bibliography
- Reference List
- Index.
- Notes:
- Description based on print version record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-912808-16-1
- OCLC:
- 1202460758
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