Peru's Indian peoples and the challenge of Spanish conquest : Huamanga to 1640

This is the second edition of Stern's account of the Indians of the Ayachucho region of Peru during the century that followed the Spanish Conquest. Following ten years of historical interpretation, the author is now able to set his analysis of Huamanga in a larger perspective. This second edition of Perus Indian Peoples and the Challenge of Spanish Conquest includes Sterns 1992 reflections on the ten years of historical interpretation that have passed since the books original publicationsetting his analysis of Huamanga in a larger perspective. This book is a monument to both scholarship and comprehension, comparable in its treatment of the indigenous peoples after the conquest only to that of Charles Gibson for the Aztecs, and perhaps the best volume read by this reviewer in several years.Frederick P. Bowser, American Historical Review Perus Indian Peoples and the Challenge of Spanish Conquest is clearly indispensable reading for Andeanists and highly recommended to ethnohistorians generally. In technical respects it is a job done right, and conceptually it stands out as a handsome example of anthropology and history woven into one tight fabric of inquiry.Frank Salomon, Ethnohistory "To Steve J. Stern, the 1492 arrival of Columbus in America "symbolizes a historical reconfiguration of world magnitude." The quincentennial of that event challenged Stern to reexamine the consequences and meanings of the European conquest of the Americas. This expanded edition of Peru's Indian Peoples and the Challenge of Spanish Conquest includes Stern's 1992 reflections on the ten years of historical interpretation that have passed since the book's original publication - setting his analysis of Huamanga in a larger perspective."--Jacket Steve J. Stern. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 265-282) And Index.