Features
- Cover Type: Paperback with 516 pages
- Published by: Princeton University Press May 17, 1993
- Written in: English
- ISBN 10 Number: 0691021066
- ISBN 13 Number: 978-0691021065
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Book Dimensions:
8.5 x 6 x 1.3 inches
- Weighs: 1.6 pounds
From Library Journal
This is a detailed and careful study of Inca and Andean religion from 1532 (the Spanish invasion) to about 1660 (when Inca religion had merged into ancestral Andean religion, but before Andean religion underwent massive change). It relies largely on Spanish accounts of native religion--a necessary limitation that MacCormack explicitly discusses. This permits focus on the religious experience of those invaded as perceived by and affected by the invaders. This book is an especially appropriate acquisition for academic and large public libraries in light of the quincentenary of Columbus's voyage.
Copyright 1992 Reed Business Information, Inc.
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Product Review
Sabine MacCormack's approach is important because almost all of what we know about Inca and Andean religion comes from Christians who, logically, were writing about things they did not believe This is a book that may force historians to reassess their documents from a more skeptical perspective, and a call for anthropologists to think twice before dismissing the historical records of their informants. The
New York Times Book Review This volume provides a salutary reminder that the "New World' was not only encountered and conquered, but also explained, and explained in a way which revealed much about Europe. -- Stephen Nugent The Times Higher Education Supplement
This volume provides a salutary reminder that the "New World' was not only encountered and conquered, but also explained, and explained in a way which revealed much about Europe. --
Review
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