The Inca Empire: The Formation and Disintegration of a Pre-Capitalist State (Explorations in Anthropology)

Patterson, Thomas C.

ISBN 10: 0854967141 / ISBN 13: 9780854967148

Published by Berg Publishers, 1992

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: The Inca Empire: The Formation and Disintegration of a Pre-Capitalist State (Explorations in Anthropology)
• Publisher: Berg Publishers
• Publication Date: 1992
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0854967141
• ISBN 13: 9780854967148
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: New

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Synopsis

The last of the Andean civilizations, Inca society was the product of complex historical and social processes of class and state formation. This study examines the contradictions, tensions and conflicts these processes engendered and explores the involvement of Europeans in Andean life after the 1530s as it resulted in new forms of exploitation and repression.

About the Author

Tom Patterson is Distinguished Professor and Chair of Anthropology at the University of California at Riverside. He is author of many publications including Marx's Ghost: Conversations with Archaeologists (2003) and A Social History of Anthropology in the United States (2001).