This study is the fruit of many years of research and writing by a distinguished historian and leading Andeanist scholar. Writing in the longue durée and thematically layered tradition of the Annales School, Hunefeldt furnishes a sweeping panorama of Andean geopolitical, economic, and social histories.

This book brings a unique perspective to the field at a moment when there is much “rethinking” of “Andean Studies” and area studies, more generally, as much as it brings to life unknown chapters in borderland history. The book will appeal to a wide interdisciplinary readership thanks to its scope, themes, and depth of research.

It will be a must-read for Andean historians of all stripes, including those working in, or across, the pre-hispanic, colonial, republican and modern periods. The book’s transnational dimension will make it of great interest to Latin Americanists, especially those specializing in imperial trade systems, historical geography of empires and nations, interior frontiers, national boundary wars, and/or interethnic borderland histories.

Its expansive scope of time and space, combined with vivid detail, and first-rate scholarship makes the book a good prospect for classroom use. Brooke Larson, Stony Brook University, New York.

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