A Note On Style xi

Introduction 1

Part I: The Ancient Civilizations 13

The Chavin Cult / Brian Fagan 17

Nazca Pottery / Javier Sologuren 28

The Huarochiri Manuscript / Anonymous 30

Moon, Sun, Witches / Irene Silverblatt 36

The Origins of the Incas / Garcilaso de la Vega 50

Cloth, Textile, and the Inca Empire / John Murra 56

Taxation and the Incas / Pedro de Cieza de Leon 71

Officials and Messengers, Guaman Poma de Ayala 76

The Search for Machu Picchu / Hiram Bingham 82

Part II: Conquest and Colonial Rule 93

Atahualpa and Pizarro / John Hemming 97

In Defense of the Indians / Bartolome de las Casas 119

Our House / Marco Martos 123

The Tragedy of Success / Steve J. Stern 124

Diary of Colonial Lima / Josephe de Mugaburu y Honton 149

Friar Martin's Mice / Ricardo Palma 154

The Rebellion of Tupac Amaru / Alberto Flores Galindo 159

"All Must Die!" / Jose Antonio de Areche 169

Part III: Republican Peru 175

The Battle of Ayacucho / Antonio Cisneros 179

Comas and the War of the Pacific / Florencia E. Mallon 181

Priests, Indians, Soldiers, and Heroes / Manuel Gonzalez Prada 199

Women of Lima / Flora Tristan 207

Amazonian Indians and the Rubber Boom / Manuel Cordova 215

Pat IV: The Advent of Modern Politics 227

Tempest in the Andex / Luis Valcarcel 231

Water! / Juan Pevez 235

Reflections / Jose Carlos Mariategui 240

Human Poems / Cesar Vallejo 246

The APRA / Victor Raul Haya de la Torre 253

The Massacre of Chan Chan / Carleton Beals 258

Lost to Sight / Cesar Moro 266

Part V: The Breakup of the Old Order 269

The Pongo's Dream / Jose Maria Arguedas 273

"The Master Will No Longer Feed Off Your Poverty" / Juan Velasco 279

The 24th of June / Gabriel Aragon 285

Villa El Salvador / Cecilia Blondet 287

Recipe for a House / Mercedes Torribio 293

Featherless Vultures / Julio Ramon Ribreyo 296

Peru's African Rhythms / Nicomedes Santa Cruz 305

A Guerrilla's Word / Javier Heraud 307

Liberation Theology / Gustavo Gutierrez 309

A World for Julius / Alfredo Bryce Echenique 313

Part IV: The Shining Path 319

"A Frightening Thirst for Vengeance" / Osman Morote 323

We Are the Initiators / Abimael Guzman 325

The Quota / Gustavo Gorriti 331

Memories of a Cadre / Nicario 343

Oath of Loyalty / Anonymous 351

Part VII: Manchay Tiempo 353

Vietnam in the Andex / Pancho 357

Death Threat / Anonymous 364

Women and Terror / Raquel Martin de Mejia 366

Chaqwa / Robin Kirk 370

Huamanguino / Ranulfo Fuentes 384

"There Have Been Threats" / Maria Elena Moyano 387

Peasants at War / Ponciano del Pino 393

Time of Reckoning / Salomon Lerner 401

Part VIII: The Cocaine Economy 407

The Hold Life has / Catherine J. Allen 411

My Little Coca, Let Me Chew You! / Anonymous 424

The Cocaine Economy / Jo Ann Dawell 425

Drugs, Soldiers, and Guerrillas / Chaname 438

Part IX: The Struggle for Survival 441

Soup of the Day / Family Kitchen No. 79 445

Nightwatch / Orin Starn 447

"A Momentous Decision" / Alberto Fujimori 460

Choleric Outbreak / Caretas 468

Bribing a Congressman / Alberto Kouri and Vladimiro Montesinos 474

Simply Pascuala / Jose Maria Salcedo 477

Part X: Culture(s) Redefined 481

Chayraq! / Carlos Ivan Degregori 485

The Choncholi Chewing Gum Rap / Nosquien y los Nosecuantos 489

Sarita Colonia Comes Flying / Eduardo Gonzalez Viana 491

is Peru Turning Protestant? / Luis Minaya 496

Interview with a Gay activist / Enrique Bossio 502

Adrenaline Nights / Carmen Olle 507

Reencounter / Giovanna Pollarolo 509

I Am the Bad Girl of the Story / Maria Emilia Cornejo 511

Conversation in the Cathedral / Mario Vargas Lllosa 512

The Slave / Jaime Bayly 528

Aguaruna Adventures / Anonymous 553

Self-Images / Workshop for Social Photography 562

Suggestions for Further Readings 567

Acknowledgments 571

Acknowledgment of Copyrights 573

Index 577