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The Incas: New Perpectives

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About the Author

Gordon F. McEwan is an associate professor of anthropology at Wagner College on Staten Island, the author of The Middle Horizon in the Valley of Cuzco, Peru, and the coauthor of Knowing the Inca Past. He lives in Robbinsville, New Jersey.

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Product details

Paperback: 192 pages

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company (September 17, 2008)

Language: English

ISBN-10: 0393333019

ISBN-13: 978-0393333015

Product Dimensions:

7 x 0.8 x 10 inches

Shipping Weight: 1.2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)

Average Customer Review:

4.5 out of 5 stars

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All the basic information for an introduction to the Incas is there, which is good, but it is presented in a much jumbled manner. For instance, you get an overview of the Incas (on chapter 1), then the story of the conquest first (on chapter 3), followed by a sketch of a long history of the Andes up to and including the Incas (on the same chapter 3), then a survey of Inca rulers (on chapter 4, overlapping with parts of what's been said already). Some of the specific issues (the Inca highway system, for instance) discussed in the first chapters come back in the rest of the book, sometimes with slight alterations (and no explanation as to the slight differences; compare the number of kilometers recorded on pages 3 and 115), sometimes with word-for-word repetitions of sentences used in the first chapters. You get the sense that the author was at odds to try to assemble and condense a wealth of information on the Incas.On a different note, the book looks bulkier than it should: it really ends on page 200, and the following 69 pages are a (useful) glossary, an annotated bibliography, and an index; with changes to spacing and font size, the number of those pages could have been drastically reduced. Despite the lengthy bibliography at the end, the end-of-chapter bibliographies are not significant at all (with the exception of chapter 10), and long passages refer solely to work from the forties (which is curious for a book presenting "New Perspectives").

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Having loved Clendinnen's wonderful book on the Aztecs, I've been looking for equally engaging works on the other cultures in Central and South America. They're rare - there is so much information and so much of it has to be deduced from archaeology that many related works are both dry and cluttered. McEwan takes a very different approach from Clendinnen. It is far more matter-of-fact and certainly more succinct. But the cultures are very different, as is the surviving material. This book is as engaging in its way, providing a methodical overview of another complex culture which nonetheless manages to maintain a distinct and coherent point of view. It helps that the Inca culture here appears as the tip of a chronological iceberg, many of its most distinct features percolating up from far older, far less known cultures. The culture itself is fascinating on multiple levels. Their approach to conquest - integrating local cultures while imposing certain over-arching beliefs and a tribute system - is very reminiscent of the Romans (and far less of the Aztecs, whose approach to domination was very different). The fact that they had something like a monarchical socialist system - run top-down but providing necessities so efficiently that no one used money - is fascinating. The far more limited form of human sacrifice was certainly less sanguinary than the Aztecs, yet eerie, involving as it often did children (preferably "perfect" children) who often traveled the length of the very large empire before being sacrificed. Respect for ancestors exists in a number of cultures, but how many actually keep their ancestors around (as mummies) and maintain them in their ownership (requiring their heirs to start from scratch for conquest and possessions)? On the other hand, the fact that specialized personnel "spoke" for the illustrious dead recalls other rackets, such as the Oracle of Delphi, where priests or other caretakers were in a plum position to profit from a mute presence. How about confession and doing penance? Sound familiar? The sheer expertise of the culture astounds at times, as in their magnificent network of roads - even though they did not have the wheel. And only the elite could use them. Or the idea that the whole city of Cuzco was built to resemble a jaguar. Or the almost Japanese idea of huacas, items filled with spiritual power which could be anything from a river or a mountain to a strangely shaped ear of corn. Or springs, suggesting the beliefs of the Gauls as well. Much of this is in a word very strange, yet presented in a coherent and comprehensible way that is far simpler to follow than the underlying material might lead one to expect.Now if only I could find something like it for the Maya.

Hooray for Gordon McEwan and his fine book, "The Incas!" He tells us about the Inca and their cultural heritage in down-to-earth, easy-to-read language. McEwan covers the subject in 201 concise pages that provide a level of depth and breadth that should appeal to scholars, but contain enough background to orient someone new to the topic.McEwan's extensive glossary is a terrific reference piece, and the index is very complete. Probably what I like the most about "The Incas," however, it its careful, scientific approach; the information is dependably well researched and devoid of speculation.I would recommend "The Inca" to anyone interested in the Inca Empire, arm-chair travellers, and persons planning to travel to any part of the former Inca Empire, including Machu Picchu. The book will double your understanding, and consequently, your enjoyment, of the Inca culture.

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