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 | Tambo: Life in an Andean Village
By: University Of Texas Press Price: $ 21.95 $ 9.95 Reviews: 3 Average Rating: 3.5
Perhaps the best way to sharpen ones powers of observation is to be a stranger in a strange land. Julia Meyerson was one such stranger during a year in the village of Tambo, Peru, where her husband was conducting anthropological fieldwork. Though sometimes overwhelmed by the differences between Quechua and North American culture, she still sought eagerly to understand the lifeways of Tambo and to find her place in the village. Her vivid observations, recorded in this field journal, admirably follow Henry Jamess advice: "Try to be... |
|  | Tipon: Water Engineering Masterpiece of the Inca Empire
By: American Society Of Civil Engineers Price: $ 56.00 $ 50.40 Reviews: 3 Average Rating: 4.0
Tipon: Water Engineering Masterpiece of the Inca Empire reveals the beauty and the ingenuity of this little-known jewel of the Inca Empire. Located down the Huatanay River Valley by the Inca capital of Cusco, Tipon is a 500-acre, self-contained, walled settlement that served as an estate for Inca nobility. This historic agricultural site, which has been farmed and partially irrigated for more than 450 years, is a stunning civil engineering achievement by the Inca, who were masters of irrigation and hydraulic technology. They designed buildings,... |
|  | Vanguard Revolutionaries in Latin America: Peru, Colombia, Mexico
By: Lynne Rienner Publishers Price: $ 22.50 $ 19.00 Reviews: 3 Average Rating: 5.0
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|  | Indigenous Mestizos: The Politics of Race and Culture in Cuzco, Peru, 1919-1991 (Latin America Otherwise)
By: Duke University Press Price: $ 25.95 $ 21.82
In the early twentieth century, Peruvian intellectuals, unlike their European counterparts, rejected biological categories of race as a basis for discrimination. But this did not eliminate social hierarchies; instead, it redefined racial categories as cultural differences, such as differences in education or manners. In Indigenous Mestizos Marisol de la Cadena traces the history of the notion of race from this turn-of-the-century definition to a hegemony of racism in Peru.De la Cadena’s ethnographically and historically rich... |
|  | Rumi Maki Fighting Arts: Martial Techniques of the Peruvian Inca
By: Blue Snake Books Price: $ 17.95 $ 10.70
An unprecedented voyage into the world of Peru’s indigenous warrior culture, Rumi Maki offers a fascinating look at this exotic martial art as preserved by a practicing master. The book begins win an in-depth look at the history of the sacred Incan fighting arts, dispelling many of the myths surrounding them. The authors then present a detailed look at Rumi Maki’s five-level structure, with step-by-step instructions and demonstrations of the techniques from each level. The Incas unique approach to physical and mental conditioning,... |
| | | The Defense of Community in Perus Central Highland: Peasant Struggle and Capitalist Transition, 1860-1940
By: Princeton Univ Pr Price: $ 46.98 $ 20.95
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|  | Macchu Picchu: The Story of the Amazing Inkas and Their City in the Clouds (Wonders of the World Book)
By: Mikaya Press Price: $ 22.95 $ 11.99 Reviews: 3 Average Rating: 3.5
Was there ever a people like the Inkas? Using slingshots, clubs and stone-tipped spears, this small Andean tribe conquered an area spanning 2,500 miles. Without the use of the wheel, they built a vast and sophisticated network of roads. Without an alphabet, they administered a population of ten million people. With the most primitive of tools, they built cities of stone. Machu Picchu is as astonishing as its builders. Set in a remote, inaccessible area of the high Andes, this breathtaking city was never found by the... |
| | | Lords of Sipan: A Tale of Pre-Inca Tombs, Archaeology, and Crime
By: Owlet Price: $ 14.95 $ 14.91 Reviews: 3 Average Rating: 4.0
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| | | Portrait of an Explorer: Hiram Bingham, Discoverer of Machu Picchu
By: Iowa State Press Price: $ 68.57 $ 21.95
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|  | Peruvian Wildlife: A Visitors Guide to the High Andes (Bradt Guides)
By: Bradt Travel Guides Price: $ 26.99 $ 16.49
An essential guide to the wildlife of the High Andes in Peru, this beautifully- illustrated, full-color guide will appeal to the ardent wildlife enthusiast and curious tourist alike. With additional sections on geography and geology and a chapter covering the best trekking areas and visitor sites (Machu Picchu, Cusco and the Sacred Valley of the Incas, and the Inca Trail, along with the Avenue of the Volcanoes in Ecuador, and Lake Titicaca in Bolivia), this book is the perfect companion for anyone wishing to come away from their trip... |
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