Steve J. Stern is professor of history and director of Latin American and Iberian Studies at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. His books include Resistance, Rebellion, and Consciousness in the Andean Peasant World, 18th to 20th Centuries and Confronting Historical Paradigms: Peasants, Labor, and the Capitalist World System in Africa and Latin America, both of which are published by the University of Wisconsin Press.

List of Illustrations xiii

MAPS xvi

PreColumbian Landscapes 3

The importance of ancestors in Andean cultures 7

Planting maize fields in August 19

Rise and Demise of the PostIncaic Alliances 27

A presumed meeting of Indian and Spaniard in Cuzco 29

A Historical Watershed 51

The rising importance of legal documentation 122

The King as dispenser of justice 136

The Political Economy of Dependence 138

The conversion of colonial obligations into commodities 150

The Tragedy of Success 158

Changing styles of Andean dress 168

Religion and wellbeing in Andean culture 178

Huamangas Colonial Heritage 184




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Idolatry 54

Cristobal de Albornoz on his antiidolatry campaign 63

The Political Economy of Colonialism 80

The multiracial character of rural power groups 94

The role of violent discipline 105

The Indians and Spanish Justice 114

Debts Wages and Work in Castrovirreyna 197

Notes 211

Glossary 261

Index 283

“A masterful and superbly written history of the Indians of the Ayachucho region during the first century after the conquest, Stern’s work greatly advances research into Andean society.”—Jeffrey L. Klaiber, S. J., The Americas