Shadows of Empire: The Indian Nobility of Cusco, 1750-1825 (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781107405479)

The Indian nobility of the Andes--largely descended from the Inca monarchs and other pre-conquest lords--occupied a crucial economic and political position in late colonial Andean society, a position widely accepted as legitimate until the T pac Amaru rebellion. This volume traces the history of this late colonial elite and examines the pre-conquest and colonial foundations of their privilege and authority. It brings to light the organization and the ideology of the Indian nobility in the bishopric of Cusco in the decades before the rebellion, and uses this nobility as a lens through which to study the internal organization and tension of late colonial Indian communities.

Author: David T. Garrett
ISBN-10: 1107405475
ISBN-13: 9781107405479
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Language: English
Published: 07/19/2012
Pages: 328
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.06lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.73d