The Andes: A Cultural History

CONTENTS
PREFACE
INTRODUCTION: AN INFINITY OF PEAKS
	Lack of Air
Chapter One: ADAPTING TO THE ANDES LIFE AMONG THE MOUNTAINS
	Andean Man and Woman
	Condors
	Guanacos, Llamas, Alpacas and Vicuñas
Chapter Two: PERU TRACES OF A LOST EMPIRE
	Cuzco: Navel of the World
	Sacsayhuamán
	Machu Picchu
	Vilcabamba
Chapter Three: PERU NOSTALGIA AND VIOLENCE
	Santiago de Chuco: César Vallejo’s Andean Roots
	The Andes Imagined (1): Mario Vargas Llosa’s Lituma en los Andes
	The Andes Imagined (2): Ciro Alegría’s El mundo es ancho y ajeno
	Cajabamba
	Quechua
	The Andes Imagined (3): Manuel Scorza’s La Guerra silenciosa
	Quena (Qena) and Music
Chapter Four: PERU AREQUIPA AND THE CORDILLERAS
	Mount Coropuna
	The Colca Valley
	Chambi’s Andes
	Ayacucho and the Shining Path
	The Andes Imagined (4): José María Arguedas and Abancay
	Bridges
	Climbing the Cordilleras: Huaraz, Chavín de Huántar and Nevado Huascarán
	Huánuco
	Jauja
	The Source of the Amazon
Chapter Five: PERU/ECUADOR CAJAMARCA AND THE INCA’S HEAD
	Chimborazo
	Cotopaxi
Chapter Six: ECUADOR QUITO AND THE VOLCANOES
	Pichincha
	Cayambe, Corazón, Illiniza
	Hummingbirds
	Earthquakes
	Sangay
	Ingapirca
	Quipus
Chapter Seven: ECUADOR FEAR AND LOATHING IN THE SIERRA
	The Andes Imagined (5): Jorge Icaza’s Huasipungo
	The Andes Imagined (6): Henri Michaux’s Ecuador
	Pumas
	Trains and Roads
	The Andean Diet: Potatoes, Chicha and Maize
	Coca
	Quinine
Chapter Eight: BOLIVIA/PERU TIAHUANACO, TITICACA AND THE WORLD’S HIGHEST CAPITAL
	Aymara
	Lake Titicaca
	Puno
	La Paz
Chapter Nine: BOLIVIA POTOSÍ: MOUNTAIN OF SILVER
	Sucre
	The Andes Imagined (7): Alcides Arguedas’ Raza de bronce
	Tschiffely and the Indians
	Oruro and Cochabamba
	The Andes Imagined (8): R. C. Hutchinson’s Rising
	Weaving
	Andean Food and Markets
	Guinea Pigs and Natural Viagra
Chapter Ten: ARGENTINA TALES OF THE EMPTY PUNA
	The Andes Imagined (9): Héctor Tizón’s Fuego en Casabindo
	Gorriti’s Andes
	Roberto Payró and Catamarca
	Ernesto Sabato and Lavalle’s Ride up Humahuaca
	Andalgalá
Chapter Eleven: ARGENTINA/CHILE THE OPEN VEINS
	Chuquicamata
	The Andes from Above: Saint-Exupéry
	Newbery and Plüschow: The Icarus Syndrome
	Alive: Cannibalism and Survival
Chapter Twelve: ARGENTINA/CHILE ACONCAGUA: SENTRY OF STONE
	San Martín’s Heroic Crossing under Aconcagua
	“Galloping” Head and the Andean Passes
	Bariloche
	Osorno Volcano
	The Patagonian Andes and Perito Moreno
	Onelli’s Andes
	The Mapuche
	Aucanquilcha and Llullaillaco
	The Andes Imagined (10): Marta Brunet’s Montaña adentro
Chapter Thirteen: ARGENTINA/CHILE POETS, PATRIOTS AND PRISONERS
	“Deathly Quiet”: Gordon Meyer and San Martín de los Andes
	Mount Fitzroy and Cerro Torre
	Neruda’s Andean Crossing
	Tupungato: Keenan and McCarthy
	Cordillera Sarmiento/Mount Sarmiento
Chapter Fourteen: COLOMBIA IN SEARCH OF EL DORADO
	Popayán
	Medellín and Cali
	The Andes Imagined (11): Eduardo Caballero Calderón’s El Cristo de espaldas
	Quindío
	Bogotá
	Tequendama Falls and Lake Guatavita
Chapter Fifteen: VENEZUELA WHERE THE ANDES MEET THE CARIBBEAN
	The Andes Imagined (12): Lisa St. Aubin de Terán’s The Hacienda
	Arepas and Ají
	Conrad’s Andes
	Caracas
	Humboldt and La Silla
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INDEX OF LITERARY & HISTORICAL NAMES
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