The Peru Reader: History, Culture, Politics (The Latin America Readers)

Unparalleled in scope, the volume covers Peru’s history from its extraordinary pre-Columbian civilizations to its citizens’ twenty-first-century struggles to achieve dignity and justice in a multicultural nation where Andean, African, Amazonian, Asian, and European traditions meet. The collection presents a vast array of essays, folklore, historical documents, poetry, songs, short stories, autobiographical accounts, and photographs. Works by contemporary Peruvian intellectuals and politicians appear alongside accounts of those whose voices are less often heard—peasants, street vendors, maids, Amazonian Indians, and African-Peruvians. Including some of the most insightful pieces of Western journalism and scholarship about Peru, the selections provide the traveler and specialist alike with a thorough introduction to the country’s astonishing past and challenging present.

• Peru - Culture Smart!: The Essential Guide to Customs & Culture
• Deep Rivers
• The Lima Reader: History, Culture, Politics (The Latin America Readers)
• Turn Right at Machu Picchu: Rediscovering the Lost City One Step at a Time
• The Last Days of the Incas
• The Conquest of the Incas
• Death in the Andes: A Novel
• Lost City of the Incas (Phoenix Press)
• The Argentina Reader: History, Culture, Politics (The Latin America Readers)
• Lonely Planet Peru (Travel Guide)