The Royal Commentaries of the Incas and General History of Peru, Abridged

This new abridgment of both volumes of Livermore's classic translation presents those selections that comprise Garcilaso's historical narrative. Karen Spalding's new Introduction and notes set Garcilaso in his intellectual, historical, and cultural contexts. This Abridgment Of Harold V. Livemore's Classic Translation Is The Only Edition In Any Language To Represent Both Halves Of Garcilaso's Historical Narrative In One Volume. Karen Spalding's New Introduction And Notes Set Garcilaso In His Intellectual, Historical, And Cultural Contexts.--jacket. The New World And Its Inhabitants Inca Culture The Inca State Inca Society The Organization And Festivals Of The Incas The Empire Before The Arrival Of The Spaniards The Deeds Of Huayna Capac And The Wars Of Huascar And Atahuallpa The Expedition To Peru And The Capture Of The Inca Pizarro And Almagro And The Inca War Among The Spaniards Rebellion Against The New Laws The Restoration Of Order In Peru La Gasca Reallocates The Indians And Restores Order. Garcilaso De La Vega, El Inca ; Translated By Harold V. Livermore ; Edited, With An Introduction By Karen Spalding. Includes Bibliographical References And Index. Translated From The Spanish. vii viii ix xi xxix 1 1 The New World and Its Inhabitants Inca Culture The Inca State Inca Society The Organization and Festivals of the Incas Description of Cusco and the Conquests of Inca Yupanqui The Empire before the Arrival of the Spaniards The Deeds of Huayna Capac and the Wars of Huascar and Atahuallpa 99 The Expedition to Peru and the Capture of the Inca Pizarro and Almagro and the Inca War among the Spaniards Rebellion against the New Laws The Restoration of Order in Peru La Gasca Reallocates the Indians and Restores Order 219 "This abridgment of Harold V. Livemore's classic translation is the only edition in any language to represent both halves of Garcilaso's historical narrative in one volume. Karen Spalding's new introduction and notes set Garcilaso in his intellectual, historical, and cultural contexts."--BOOK JACKET This edition is intended for people who enjoy going to strange and exotic places and getting to know new and unfamiliar societies and cultures.