The Inca Empire: The Formation and Disintegration of a Pre-Capitalist State

Abstract

The historical landscape - pre-state societies in the Andes, class and state formation - some theoretical considerations, class and state formation in the Andes Inca society before the Empire - the creation of Inca society, the prelude to Empire, the constitution of the Empire the impact of Empire - the formation and organization of the Imperial State, conquest, succession, and the changing composition of the Imperial ruling class quiescence and rebellion in the Imperial State - border wars and Imperial expansion, rebellion and civil wars the clash of Empires and the formation of colonial society - the plunder economy - war, resistance, and immigration, the crisis of the 1560s, the formation of colonial society.

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