In the wake of the American invasion of Iraq and other recent foreign interventions, there has been a revival of interest in the history of empires and imperialism.The Inca and their Empire offers a critically-informed discussion of the archaeology of the Inca empire, discussing it in the context of the broader 'imperial experience' and in light of contemporary manifestations of imperialism. It is an excellent introduction to current scholarly debates on different aspects of Inca imperialism and its legacy in South America.This book is a valuable resource for students and scholars working on different aspects of pre-industrial empires, as well as those engaged in discussions of contemporary forms and trajectories of modern imperialism.
To date, the notion of repatriation has been formulated as a highly polarized debate with museums, archaeologists, and anthropologists on one side, and Native Americans on the other. This volume offers both a retrospective and a prospective look at the topic of repatriation. By juxtaposing the divergent views of native peoples, anthropologists, museum professionals, and members of the legal profession, it illustrates the complexity of the repatriation issue.
In this edited volume, Andean wak'as—idols, statues, sacred places, images, and oratories—play a central role in understanding Andean social philosophies, cosmologies, materialities, temporalities, and constructions of personhood. Top Andean scholars from a variety of disciplines cross regional, theoretical, and material boundaries in their chapters, offering innovative methods and theoretical frameworks for interpreting the cultural particulars of Andean ontologies and notions of the sacred. Wak'as were understood as agentive, nonhuman persons within many Andean communities and were fundamental to conceptions of place, alimentation, fertility, identity, and memory and the political construction of ecology and life cycles. The ethnohistoric record indicates that wak'as were thought to speak, hear, and communicate, both among themselves and with humans. In their capacity as nonhuman persons, they shared familial relations with members of the community, for instance, young women were wed to local wak'as made of stone and wak'as had sons and daughters who were identified as the mummified remains of the community's revered ancestors. Integrating linguistic, ethnohistoric, ethnographic, and archaeological data, The Archaeology of Wak'as advances our understanding of the nature and culture of wak'as and contributes to the larger theoretical discussions on the meaning and role of–"the sacred” in ancient contexts.
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Savage Exchange explores the politics of representation during the Han dynasty (206 BCE–220 CE) at a pivotal moment when China was asserting imperialist power on the Eurasian continent and expanding its local and long-distance (“Silk Road”) markets. Tamara T. Chin explains why rival political groups introduced new literary forms with which to represent these expanded markets. To promote a radically quantitative approach to the market, some thinkers developed innovative forms of fiction and genre. In opposition, traditionalists reasserted the authority of classical texts and advocated a return to the historical, ethics-centered, marriage-based, agricultural economy that these texts described. The discussion of frontiers and markets thus became part of a larger debate over the relationship between the world and the written word. These Han debates helped to shape the ways in which we now define and appreciate early Chinese literature and produced the foundational texts of Chinese economic thought. Each chapter in the book examines a key genre or symbolic practice (philosophy, fu-rhapsody, historiography, money, kinship) through which different groups sought to reshape the political economy. By juxtaposing well-known texts with recently excavated literary and visual materials, Chin elaborates a new literary and cultural approach to Chinese economic thought. Co-Winner, 2016 Harry Levin Prize, American Comparative Literature Association; Honorable Mention, 2016 Joseph Levenson Book Prize, Pre-1900 Category, China and Inner Asia Council of the Association for Asian Studies
From New York Times bestselling author Tamara Rose Blodgett comes the 4th installment in the Alpha Claim world featuring Dark Paranormal Romance + Dystopian Fantasy = a yummy standalone novel. ☞ Now at the top [of the description] as well: While FS is technically a standalone, reading the preceding ALPHA CLAIM WORLD novels is highly recommended. The Mutables debauched plan of capturing females with rare genetics to perpetuate their species is challenged when the First Species stakes a claim of protection. Paige I didn't tell anyone my secret. But in the end, it didn't help me recognize the Mutables when they came for me. The First Species who's been assigned my transition is arrogant and demanding. I'm independent and stubborn. When the prehistoric joins forces with Drest - will I be able to resist them both? Drest That bounty enforcer female tears my arm off, mistaking me for a Mutable - leaving my transition wide open for target from the Mutables. Jac the prehistoric, is a pain in my ass but affords Paige extra protection. Can I trust a prehistoric- or is he angling for inclusion with a female I don't plan on sharing? Jael and Casek barely escape the catacomb of the Mutable colony. Seiger sends the worst players of the Mutables to retrieve the female who can give him chimera offspring. Can they find sanctuary among Casek's kind - or will a surprise Mutable destroy their plan? Camille Becker is a special needs teacher who doesn't need a man in her life. When a renegade First Species is assigned her transition, she refuses him. Kiel scares her. For obvious reasons... and ones she won't admit. When a Mutable attack leaves Camille helpless - will she trust Kiel's "healing?" Or will Camille be led down a path she doesn't want to travel? FIRST SPECIES is app. 386 paperback pages/66,000 word standalone volume in the ALPHA CLAIM world serial. While FS is technically a standalone, reading the preceding ALPHA CLAIM WORLD novels is highly recommended. Search Terms: love and life, contemporary romance, new adult, romance, billionaire, Alpha male romance, Alpha Bad Boy, bad boy, hot doctores, hot romance, hot and steamy, famos actor, happily ever after, true love, billionaire romanc, billionaire romance, melody anne billionaire bachelors series, swe, steamy, hot alpha male, bad boy obsession, fantasy, paranormal shifter romance, romance paranormal werewolves and shifters, shifters romance, shifter mysteries, werewolf shifters romance, shifter reverse harem, free, free book, free ebook, free novel, bully dark romance fairy tale action romance novel, shifter audio shifter comedy shifter girl wolf and, rh free menage romance goddesses psychics, romantic and comedy romance shifter magic, over 40 paranormal alpha hero witch thriller, free dragon mate books romantic angst majic queen, Metaphysical Visionary suspenseful shapeshifter, paranormal womens books free
Cassie goes through an identity crisis when her relationship with Ben hits the rocks, and she feels a lot of it is her fault. She puts on a brave face and pretends to fit in while she struggles to understand herself and her desires. What will it take for her to be the person she wants to be? What will she need to do to have the relationships she longs for? Not even her closest friends seem to recognize and accept her for who she is, and Cassie needs to find an inner strength to make it through each day.
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