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Andes - A Cultural History (Paperback)
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Andes - A Cultural History (Paperback)
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Loot Price R474
Discovery Miles 4 740
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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. Jason 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, Potosi 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 Bogota and then east to Caracas. Looking 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. DRAMATIC SCENERY AND EVENTS:
the mythic peaks of Chimborazo and Aconcagua; the ruins of Machu
Picchu and the fabled mines of Potosi; plane crashes, earthquakes
and high-altitude cities; guerrilla war from Tupac Amaru to Che
Guevara and Sendero Luminoso. INDIGENOUS CULTURE AND RESISTANCE:
the Inca empire; conquest and oppression; Quechua, Aymara and
Mapundungu languages; coca, quinoa and potatoes; the political
renaissance and migration to the cities. WRITERS, EXPLORERS AND
MUSICIANS: the Spanish chroniclers; Humboldt and Darwin; Pablo
Neruda, Vargas Llosa and Francisco Vallejo; indigenous music and
urban popular culture.
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