The Course of Andean History

Peter V. N. Henderson

• Publisher: University of New Mexico Press
• Year: 2013
• ISBN:
  9780826353375
• Topic: History
• Subtopic: Latin American & Caribbean History
• Index: History

The only comprehensive history of Andean South America from initial settlement to the present, this useful book focuses on Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Bolivia, the four countries where the Andes have played a major role in shaping history.

Although Henderson emphasizes the period since the winning of independence in 1825, he argues that the region's republican history cannot be explained without a clear understanding of what happened in the pre-Hispanic and colonial eras Henderson carefully explores the complex relationship between the Andean peoples and their land up until the fall of the Inka Empire in 1532 before addressing the Spanish conquest and the colonial aftermath, emphasizing the syncretism often unwillingly forced upon the original inhabitants of the region. His account of the nineteenth century discusses the attempts of the Andean elite to fashion modern nation-states in the face of many divisive factors, including race. The final chapters carry the story from 1930 to the present as the Andean countries debated different ways to create a more inclusive and prosperous society.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half title
• Title
• Copyright
• Dedication
• Contents
• Illustrations
• Preface and Acknowledgments
• Chapter 1 From Hunter-Gatherers to Fishermen and Farmers
• Chapter 2 Before the Inka, 800 BCE to 1400 CE
• Chapter 3 The Inka and the Late Horizon, 1400–1532
• Chapter 4 Conquest of the Andes, 1524–1568
• Chapter 5 The Administration and the Economy, 1568–1650
• Chapter 6 Religion and Society, 1568–1650
• Chapter 7 Decay, Reform, and Rebellion, 1650–1808
• Chapter 8 The Wars for Independence, 1808–1830
• Chapter 9 The Age of Caudillos, 1830–1875
• Chapter 10 The Liberal-Conservative Debate, 1830–1886
• Chapter 11 Postindependence Economics, 1830–1875
• Chapter 12 Creating National Identity: Wars and Cultural Phenomena, 1830–1936
• Chapter 13 Progress and Modernization in the Andes, 1875–1930
• Chapter 14 Race, Class, and Gender in the Andean Nations, 1821–1930
• Chapter 15 New Economics and New Politics, 1930–1970
• Chapter 16 Indigenismo and Mestizaje: New Ideas About Nation, 1920–1980
• Chapter 17 The Revolutionary Option, 1948–1990
• Chapter 18 Between Disaster and Hope: The Andean Nations, 1980–2000
• Chapter 19 Recent Andean Culture
• Chapter 20 Indigenous Movements, Gender, and Politics, 1990 to the Present
• Glossary
• Index