{"product_id":"the-andes-jason-wilson-9780195386363","title":"The Andes: A Cultural History","description":"The Andes form the backbone of South America. Irradiating from Cuzco--the symbolic \"navel\" of the indigenous world--the mountain range was home to an extraordinary theocratic empire and civilization, the Incas, who built stone temples, roads, palaces, and forts. The clash between Atahualpa, the last Inca, and the illiterate conquistador Pizarro, between indigenous identity and European mercantile values, has forged Andean culture and history for the last 500 years. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJason Wilson explores the 5,000-mile chain of volcanoes, deep valleys, and upland plains, revealing the Andes' mystery, inaccessibility, and power through the insights of chroniclers, scientists, and modern-day novelists. His account starts at sacred Cuzco and Machu Picchu, moves along imagined Inca routes south to Lake Titicaca, La Paz, Potosí, and then follows the Argentine and Chilean Andes to Patagonia. It then moves north through Chimborazo, Quito, and into Colombia, along the Cauca Valley up to Bogotá and east to Caracas. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLooking at the literature inspired by the Andes as well as its turbulent history, this book brings to life the region's spectacular landscapes and the many ways in which they have been imagined.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Jason Wilson\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0195386361\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780195386363\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Oxford University Press, USA\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/03\/2009\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 288\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.13lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.81d","brand":"Jason Wilson","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44566864593151,"sku":"9780195386363","price":76.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f4f17cde-8a4b-4bb7-9a3d-741c4bd19f7c.jpg?v=1701374784","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-andes-jason-wilson-9780195386363","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}