The Cambridge History of the Native Peoples of the Americas, Vol. II: South America, Parts 1 and 2

Presenting the history of the indigenous peoples of South America from the earliest times (that is, when the continent became inhabited) to the 1990s, this third volume of The Cambridge History of the Native Peoples of the Americas proclaims itself to be an idea‐oriented history, one which emphasizes the development of general themes rather than attempting a comprehensive coverage, acknowledging that not every group will be mentioned, nor every society explained. Appropriately enough, the first idea‐oriented approach is an investigation of the indigenous peoples’ own reported or self‐documented notion of their past and how that corresponded to exterior histories. “And...