Hardcover book of 205 pages, first published in French in 1961 and this version in English in 1969.  The author gives a comprehensive and readable account of the extraordinary Inca civilization, describing its social and political structure, the daily life of the people, religion, architecture and the impact of the Spanish conquest on the empire and its inhabitants up to the present day.  The author states his belief that the problems facing the Indian inhabitants of Peru and Bolivia today are directly related to the brutal suppression of the Inca peoples after the conquest.  He supports the idea that the Indian peoples of the region should form a cohesive force to take their rightful place in their countries and as the heirs to the great Inca civilization that their ancestors created.

The History of the Incas

Alfred Métraux

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Voodoo in Haiti

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Ethnology of Easter Island

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Excerpt from The Native Tribes of Eastern Bolivia and Western Matto Grosso In addition to the multiplicity of tribes, the varying lengths of the period of White contact with these peoples should make eastern Bolivia a land of promise for anthropological studies in accultura tion. Some of the Indians came in touch with Spaniards during the first years of the conquest; many were subjected for more than 70 years to Jesuit rule and in&#64258;uence; some tribes did not have any contact with the Whites until the rubber boom; others even main tain their independence today and are among the few natives of South America who still live as they did before the arrival of the Whites. In some cases, certain individuals in a tribe have remained culturally unaffected by European customs while some families have been civilized for 2 centuries or longer. The region, therefore, offers an excellent opportunity for a study of culture change. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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The History of the Incas

Voodoo in Haiti

Ethnology of Easter Island

The Native Tribes of Eastern Bolivia and Western Matto Grosso (Classic Reprint)