Native lords of Quito in the age of the Incas : the political economy of north-Andean chiefdoms / / Frank Salomon

• Record Nr.: UNISA996248346403316
• Autore: Salomon Frank
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 1986
• ISBN: 0-511-87002-7; 0-511-55814-7
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xviii, 274 pages) : illustrations, maps; digital, PDF file(s)
• Collana: Cambridge studies in social and cultural anthropology ; ; 59
• Disciplina: 986.6/13
• Soggetti: Indians of South America - Ecuador - Quito Region - Politics and government; Indians of South America - Ecuador - Quito Region - Economic conditions; Incas - Politics and government; Quito (Ecuador) History
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Note generali: Based on the author's thesis (Ph. D.--Cornell University, 1978) under title: Ethnic lords of Quito in the age of the Incas
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: List of tables, figures and maps; Preface; Acknowledgements; Introduction; 1. The problem of the 'páramo Andes'; 2. The llajtakuna; 3. Local and exotic components of llajta economy; 4. Interzonal articulation; 5. The dimensions and dynamics of chiefdom polities; 6. The Incaic impact; 7. Quito in comparative perspective; Notes; Glossary; References; Index.
• Sommario/riassunto: By the time of Columbus, the people of Ecuador's tropical highlands had created small but remarkably complex and interlinked political societies. These small societies for many years proved able to fight off the overwhelming might of the Inca state. But around 1500 they fell to Inca invaders who, in turn, soon lost their dominion to Spanish warlords. Frank Salomon draws on large stores of sources to reconstruct the political and economic institutions of pre-Inca societies. Their structure before and during the Inca interlude reveals diversity in the Andean world. Salomon provides remarkable insight into the functioning of these 'chiefdoms', emphasizing their importance ; for the understanding of rank, inequality, privilege and central power in stateless societies. He also contributes to our understanding of expansion, colonization, and the adaptive relationships between indigenous and imposed regimes in a context of precapitalist statecraft.