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Peru (country)
For younger readers | Inca Civilization | Latin America | Latin American literature | Peru | Pre-Columbian art and architecture
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For younger readers
Corona, Laurel. Peru. Lucent, 2001. For readers in grades 5 to 8.
Falconer, Kieran. Peru. Marshall Cavendish, 1995. For readers in grades 4 to 7.
Lepthien, Emilie U. Peru. Children's Press, 1992. For readers in grades 5 to 8.
Martell, Hazel Mary. Civilizations of Peru: Before 1535. Raintree Steck-Vaughn, 1999. For readers in grades 5 to 7.
Morrison, Marion. Peru. Children's Press, 2000. For readers in grades 4 to 7.
Inca Civilization
Andrien, Kenneth J., and Rolena Adorno, eds. Transatlantic Encounters: Europeans and Andeans in the Sixteenth Century. University of California Press, 1991. Synthesizes knowledge about the contact period in the Andean region.
Bingham, Hiram. Lost City of the Incas: The Story of Machu Picchu and Its Builders. Duell, Reprint, Greenwood, 1948. 1981. An explorer's firsthand account of discovering a major Inca settlement.
Cobo, Bernabé. Trans. and ed. Roland Hamilton. Inca Religion and Customs. University of Texas Press, 1990. Cobo's eyewitness account of Inca religious practices.
Kirkpatrick, Sidney. Lords of Sipan: A Tale of Pre-Inca Tombs, Archaeology, and Crime. Morrow, 1992. Excavation of the pre-Inca treasures at the lost tombs of the Lords of Sipan, and the struggle to protect these treasures from looters and smugglers.
Moseley, Michael Edward. The Incas and Their Ancestors: The Archaeology of Peru. Thames & Hudson, 1992. 
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Latin America
Burkholder, Johnson A. Colonial Latin America. 4th ed. Oxford University Press, 2000. Comprehensive study of European exploration and colonization in Latin America.
Chasteen, John Charles. Born in Blood and Fire: A Concise History of Latin America. Norton, 2000. An introduction to the complexities of an immense continent.
Crow, John A. The Epic of Latin America. University of California Press, 1992. Vivid history of Latin American civilizations, from pre-Columbian to contemporary.
Galeano, Eduardo. Memory of Fire. Pantheon, 1985-1988. Presents Latin American history in anecdotal format.
Hanke, Lewis, and Jane Rausch, eds. People and Issues in Latin American History. 2nd ed. Wiener, 2000. Brief essays on influential people and events from the colonial era to the present.
Keen, Benjamin, and Keith Haynes. A History of Latin America. 6th ed. Houghton Mifflin, 1999. A primer on Latin American history.
Macdonald, Scott B. Fast Forward: Latin America on the Edge of the 21st Century. Transaction, 1997. A study of Latin America's current economy and potential development.
O'Brien, Thomas F. The Revolutionary Mission: American Enterprise in Latin America, 1900-1945. Cambridge University Press, 1996. How U.S. corporate culture changed Latin America during the first half of the 20th century.
Skidmore, Thomas E., and Peter H. Smith. Modern Latin America. 5th ed. Oxford University Press, 2000. Historical survey.
Tenenbaum, Barbara A., ed. Encyclopedia of Latin American History and Culture. Scribner, 1996. More than 5,000 entries.
Williamson, Edwin. The Penguin History of Latin America. Penguin, 1992. Synthesis of Latin American history for general readers.
Latin American literature
Agosin, Marjorie, ed. A Dream of Light & Shadow: Portraits of Latin American Women Writers. University of New Mexico Press, 1995. Essays on several contemporary authors.
Gonzalez Echevarria, Roberto, and Enrique Pupo-Walker. The Cambridge History of Latin American Literature. 3 vols. Cambridge University Press, 1996. From pre-Columbian times to the present, including writing in the United States.
Jackson, Richard L. Black Writers and the Hispanic Canon. Twayne, 1997. Extends the scope of Latin American literary history.
Smith, Verity, ed. Concise Encyclopedia of Latin American Literature. Fitzroy Dearborn, 1997, 2000. Broad coverage of individual writers and topics.
Sole, Carlos, and Maria Abreu, eds. Latin American Writers. Macmillan, 1989. A reference guide to biographical information on writers, includes a bibliography of writings and criticism.
Valestuk, Lorraine, ed. Latin American Literature and Its Times: Profiles of Notable Literary Works and the Historical Events That Influenced Them. Gale, 2000. Analysis of 50 works, for high school readers.
Williams, Raymond L. The Modern Latin American Novel. Macmillan, 1998. Examines the works of modern and post-modern novelists.
Peru
Bridges, Marilyn. Planet Peru: An Aerial Journey Through a Timeless Land. Aperture, 1991. Starkly dramatic photographs capture the beauty of Peru's ancient Inca cities.
Kirk, Robin. The Monkey's Paw: New Chronicles from Peru. University of Massachusetts Press, 1997. The author's experiences in Peru during the Shining Path insurgencies of the 1980s and 1990s.
Meyerson, Julia. Tambo: Life in an Andean Village. University of Texas Press, 1990. The social life and customs of the Quechua community of the Peruvian Andes.
Prescott, William H. History of the Conquest of Peru. Random House, 1998. 
Seligmann, Linda. Between Reform and Revolution: Political Struggles in the Peruvian Andes, 1969-1991. Stanford University Press, 1995. Provides a contextual background to the peasants' call for land reforms and the rise of the Shining Path.
Stern, Steve J., ed. Shining and Other Paths: War and Society in Peru, 1980-1995. Duke University Press, 1998. Provides a clear and accessible study of The Shining Path's effort to bring communism to Peru.
Strong, Simon. Shining Path: Terror and Revolution in Peru. Times, 1992. An account of the growth and development of the Peruvian revolutionary movement and its leader, Abimael Guzman.
Pre-Columbian art and architecture
Baudez, Claude F. Maya Sculpture of Copan: The Iconography. University of Oklahoma Press, 1994. Highly detailed and well-illustrated study of Classic Maya sculptural programs.
Benson, Elizabeth P., and others, eds. Olmec Art of Ancient Mexico. Abrams, 1996. Catalog of a comprehensive exhibition of Olmec art.
Bercht, Fatima, and Estrellita Brodsky, eds. Taino: Pre-Columbian Art and Culture from the Caribbean. Monacelli, 1997. Catalog of a landmark exhibition held at El Museo del Barrio in New York City.
Berrin, Kathleen, and Esther Pasztory, eds. Teotihuacan: Art from the City of the Gods. Thames & Hudson, 1993. Beautifully illustrated catalog of more than 200 objects from the ancient city-state.
Burger, Richard L. Chavin and the Origins of Andean Civilization. Thames & Hudson, 1992. Scholarly investigations into an early Peruvian art tradition.
Carrasco, David, and Eduardo Matos Moctezuma. Moctezuma's Mexico: Visions of the Aztec World. University Press of Colorado, 1992. Beautifully illustrated overview of Aztec art.
Covarrubias, Miguel. Indian Art of Mexico and Central America. Knopf, 1957. Superbly illustrated description of pre-Hispanic art.
Gasparini, Graziano, and Luise Margolies. Inca Architecture. University of Indiana Press, 1980. Illustrated survey of urban settlements, homes, and religious buildings.
Kubler, George. The Art and Architecture of Ancient America. Penguin, 1992. Mexican, Maya, Inca, Central American, Colombian, and Ecuadorian art.
Markman, Peter T., and Roberta H. Markman. Masks of the Spirit: Image and Metaphor in Mesoamerica. University of California Press, 1989, 1994. Thorough study of Mexican ritual masks.
Miller, Mary Ellen. The Art of Mesoamerica: From Olmec to Aztec. Thames & Hudson, 1996. Well-illustrated survey.
Moseley, Michael Edward. The Incas and their Ancestors: The Archaeology of Peru. Thames & Hudson, 1992. An archaeological investigation into ancient Peruvian cultures.
Schele, Linda, and Mary Ellen Miller. The Blood of Kings: Dynasty and Ritual in Maya Art. Kimbell Art Museum, Braziller, 1986. 1992. Illustrated examination of Maya art and society.
Stone-Miller, Rebecca. Art of the Andes: From Chavin to Inca. Thames & Hudson, 1996. Thorough review of Andean cultures.
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