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People of the Volcano: Andean Counterpoint in the Colca Valley of Peru

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Description for People of the Volcano: Andean Counterpoint in the Colca Valley of Peru Paperback. First full-length history of the Colca Valley in southern Peru from pre-Hispanic times to the present. Num Pages: 336 pages, 41 b&w photos, 12 tables, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1KLS; HBJK; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 160 x 20. Weight in Grams: 481.
While it now attracts many tourists, the Colca Valley of Peru’s southern Andes was largely isolated from the outside world until the 1970s, when a passable road was built linking the valley—and its colonial churches, terraced hillsides, and deep canyon—to the city of Arequipa and its airport, eight hours away. Noble David Cook and his co-researcher Alexandra Parma Cook have been studying the Colca Valley since 1974, and this detailed ethnohistory reflects their decades-long engagement with the valley, its history, and its people. Drawing on unusually rich surviving documentary evidence, they explore the cultural transformations experienced by the first three ... Read more

Product Details

Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
Number of Pages
336
Place of Publication
North Carolina, United States
ISBN
9780822339717
SKU
V9780822339717
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About Noble David Cook
Noble David Cook is Professor of History at Florida International University. He is the author of Born to Die: Disease and New World Conquest, 1492–1650; The People of the Colca Valley: A Population Study; and Demographic Collapse: Indian Peru, 1520–1620. Alexandra Parma Cook is an independent scholar. They are the coauthors of Good Faith and Truthful Ignorance: A Case ... Read more

Reviews for People of the Volcano: Andean Counterpoint in the Colca Valley of Peru
“People of the Volcano is simply the best micro-regional account of colonial Peru available in English. It sets a new standard for ethnohistorical research in Spanish America.”—David J. Robinson, Dellplain Professor of Latin American Geography, Syracuse University “Noble David Cook’s People of the Volcano is a masterpiece of history writing. The story is set in one of the most rugged ... Read more

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