Shadows of empire : the Indian nobility of Cusco, 1750-1825 /

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 Túpac Amaru rebellion. Shadows of Empire traces the histor...

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Main Author: Garrett, David T. (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2005.
Series:Cambridge Latin American studies ; 90.
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Online Access:CONNECT
Table of Contents:
  • Indian elites and the colonial order
  • The Indian nobility of Bourbon Cusco
  • Crisis and collapse