Books in the History, Languages & Cultures of the Spanish & Portuguese Worlds series

Offers an alternative description of Inca society in the centuries leading up to imperial expansion. This book's focus on long-term regional changes allows the historical and archaeological evidence to be placed on equal interpretive footing. It is for scholars of South American pre-history and archaeologists specializing in centralized states.

Tamar Herzog studies the judiciary in Quito, during 17th and 18th centuries, and shows that in this remote Spanish colony, order was a communal enterprise. The dominant rules were social and theological rather than legal. She reveals the intimacy of relations between the state and this early modern society.