2. The Violence of Time

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Foreword xi
4. Maps xvii
5. 1. The Violence of Facts 1
6. 2. The Violence of Time 5
7. 3. Indian Communities Do Politics 17
8. 4. Rituals of Justice, Acts of Subversion 31
9. 5. The Idea of the Inca 35
10. 6. Cusco under Siege 49
11. 7 . ‘‘Perverted in These Revolutions’’ 55
12. 8. The Road to Chuquisaca 65
13. 9. Creole Tupamaristas 73
14. 10. Radicalized Violence in Upper Peru 91
15. 11. The Death of Túpac Amaru 99
16. 12. The Heirs 107
17. 13. ‘‘Tomás Túpac-Katari, Inca King’’ 115
18. 14. War against the Q’aras 121
19. 15. The Battle for La Paz 125
20. 16. The End of an Era 135
21. 17. The Stubbornness of Facts 139
22. Glossary 143
23. References 147
24. Index 155