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Informationen zum Autor Orin Starn, Carlos Iván Degregori and Robin Kirk, editors Klappentext An interdisciplinary anthology of work from and about Peru, including nonfiction, poetry, journalism, history, and cultural analysis, that includes many primary resources never before published in English. Zusammenfassung An interdisciplinary anthology of work from and about Peru! including nonfiction! poetry! journalism! history! and cultural analysis! that includes many primary resources never before published in English Inhaltsverzeichnis A Note On Style xi Introduction 1 Part I: The Ancient Civilizations 13 The Chavin Cult / Brian Fagan 17 Nazca Pottery / Javier Sologuren 28 The Huarochiri Manuscript / Anonymous 30 Moon, Sun, Witches / Irene Silverblatt 36 The Origins of the Incas / Garcilaso de la Vega 50 Cloth, Textile, and the Inca Empire / John Murra 56 Taxation and the Incas / Pedro de Cieza de Leon 71 Officials and Messengers, Guaman Poma de Ayala 76 The Search for Machu Picchu / Hiram Bingham 82 Part II: Conquest and Colonial Rule 93 Atahualpa and Pizarro / John Hemming 97 In Defense of the Indians / Bartolome de las Casas 119 Our House / Marco Martos 123 The Tragedy of Success / Steve J. Stern 124 Diary of Colonial Lima / Josephe de Mugaburu y Honton 149 Friar Martin's Mice / Ricardo Palma 154 The Rebellion of Tupac Amaru / Alberto Flores Galindo 159 "All Must Die!" / Jose Antonio de Areche 169 Part III: Republican Peru 175 The Battle of Ayacucho / Antonio Cisneros 179 Comas and the War of the Pacific / Florencia E. Mallon 181 Priests, Indians, Soldiers, and Heroes / Manuel Gonzalez Prada 199 Women of Lima / Flora Tristan 207 Amazonian Indians and the Rubber Boom / Manuel Cordova 215 Pat IV: The Advent of Modern Politics 227 Tempest in the Andex / Luis Valcarcel 231 Water! / Juan Pevez 235 Reflections / Jose Carlos Mariategui 240 Human Poems / Cesar Vallejo 246 The APRA / Victor Raul Haya de la Torre 253 The Massacre of Chan Chan / Carleton Beals 258 Lost to Sight / Cesar Moro 266 Part V: The Breakup of the Old Order 269 The Pongo's Dream / Jose Maria Arguedas 273 "The Master Will No Longer Feed Off Your Poverty" / Juan Velasco 279 The 24th of June / Gabriel Aragon 285 Villa El Salvador / Cecilia Blondet 287 Recipe for a House / Mercedes Torribio 293 Featherless Vultures / Julio Ramon Ribreyo 296 Peru's African Rhythms / Nicomedes Santa Cruz 305 A Guerrilla's Word / Javier Heraud 307 Liberation Theology / Gustavo Gutierrez 309 A World for Julius / Alfredo Bryce Echenique 313 Part IV: The Shining Path 319 "A Frightening Thirst for Vengeance" / Osman Morote 323 We Are the Initiators / Abimael Guzman 325 The Quota / Gustavo Gorriti 331 Memories of a Cadre / Nicario 343 Oath of Loyalty / Anonymous 351 Part VII: Manchay Tiempo 353 Vietnam in the Andex / Pancho 357 Death Threat / Anonymous 364 Women and Terror / Raquel Martin de Mejia 366 Chaqwa / Robin Kirk 370 Huamanguino / Ranulfo Fuentes 384 "There Have Been Threats" / Maria Elena Moyano 387 Peasants at War / Ponciano del Pino 393 Time of Reckoning / Salomon Lerner 401 Part VIII: The Cocaine Economy 407 The Hold Life has / Catherine J. Allen 411 My Little Coca, Let Me Chew You! / Anonymous 424 The Cocaine Economy / Jo Ann Dawell 425 Drugs, Soldiers, and Guerrillas / Chaname 438 Part IX: The Struggle for Survival 441 Soup of the Day / Family Kitchen No. 79 445 Nightwatch / Orin Starn 447 "A Momentous Decision" / Alberto Fujimori 460 Choleric Outbreak / Caretas 468 Bribing a Congressman / Alberto Kouri and Vladimiro Montesinos 474 Simply Pascuala / Jose Maria Salcedo 477
