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Daily Life in the Inca Empire
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Michael A. Malpass
Book Code: GR9390
ISBN: 0-313-29390-2
ISBN-13: 978-0-313-29390-0
200 pages, figures, maps,
Greenwood Press
Publication: 8/30/1996
List Price: $57.95 (UK Sterling Price: £31.95)
Availability: Print on demand
Media Type: Hardcover
Also Available: Ebook
Trim Size: 6 1/8 x 9 1/4
Subjects: Reviews:
  • Malpass has written a scholarly book about the Inca social structure, religion, family interaction, agriculture, and labor, and the role conquered people played in their society.....the numerous line drawings are useful and of good quality. High school and college students could use this book for research, particularly if they need in-depth information on a wide spectrum of Inca life.
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    The Book Report
Description: Up to now, little has been known about the life of the ordinary Inca during the Inca empire--earlier works describe only the culture of the ruling class. Based on the most recent scholarship, this book reconstructs the daily life not only of the ruling class but of the rest of society, including the conquered peoples, and features contrasting chapters on "a day in the life" of an Inca family and "a day in the life" of a conquered family. Over 50 illustrations and photographs of Inca life, artifacts, and archaeological sites bring the social, political, economic, religious, and cultural aspects of Inca civilization to life. Everything from life cycle events to food and drink, dress and ornaments, recreation, religious rituals, the calendar, and the unique Inca form of taxation are fully described and illustrated in the most comprehensive coverage of the Inca way of life to date. For ease of use by students, the work is organized into chapters covering all aspects of life: military and warfare, government, language, class structure, work and the economy, engineering and architecture, housing, transportation, family life, life cycle events, women's roles, art, music and dance, literature, science, and religion. It includes a historical timeline of Inca history, a glossary of Inca terms, and a bibliography for further reading. Throughout the work, Malpass, an expert on the Inca, shows how they created the largest empire in the western hemisphere prior to European conquest and describes the threat of their destruction by development and looting. This work will replace all earlier resources on Inca life and will provide school and public librarians with the most up-to-date and historically correct information on the Inca.
Table of Contents:
  • List of Illustrations
  • Preface
  • Historical Timeline of the Incas
  • Introduction
  • Historical Overview
  • Politics and Society
  • Private Life and Culture
  • Science and the Calendar
  • Religion
  • Daily Life in the Inca Empire: Two Reconstructions
  • The Inca Contribution to Modern Andean Culture
  • Epilog: Preserving the Past
  • Glossary
  • Bibliography
  • Index
LC Card Number: 95-44689
LCC Class: F3429
Dewey Class: 985
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