Books about Peru published by KU researchers
Guano and the Opening of the Pacific World by Publication Date: 2013In this environmental history of the Pacific world, Cushman demonstrates the fundamental role played by guano.
E-book also available: https://catalog.lib.ku.edu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=9140795- Los Señores del Guano: Una historia ecológica global del Pacífico byPublication Date: 2018Spanish translation of "Guano and the opening of the Pacific world"
Yo Soy Negro by Publication Date: 2011
Urarina Society, Cosmology, and History in Peruvian Amazonia by Publication Date: 2009
At the risk of being heard : identity, indigenous rights, and postcolonial states by Publication Date: 2003Guide to the Frogs of the Iquitos Region, Amazonian Peru by
Publication Date: 1994Electronic resource also available at: http://catalog.lib.ku.edu/cgi-bin/Pwebrecon.cgi?bbid=6682333
Cusco Amazónico : the lives of amphibians and reptiles in an Amazonian rainforest by Publication Date: 2005- Occasional Papers & Scientific Papers about Peru written by KU researchersIn the KU catalog, search the following authors' names:
Duellman, William
Trueb, Linda
Timm, Robert
Exploring the Peruvian Amazon - Book Exhibit
Exploring the Peruvian Amazon
Exhibit about the biodiversity, culture, literature, and history of the Peruvian Amazon, including works by KU Researchers. In conjunction with KU's Spencer Art Museum and Biodiversity Institute 2012 exhibit, "39 Trails: Research in the Peruvian Amazon".
Peruvian literature
Quick link to an additional page in this guide with information about Peruvian literature. Includes links to books by famous Peruvian authors, Nobel Laureate Mario Vargas Llosa, and books about ecocriticism.
More books at KU Libraries
Cartografía socio ambiental en la gestión de la Amazonía peruana by Publication Date: 2012Brief Listing--request this item at the circulation desk
Reúne una muestra de la variada producción cartográfica desarrollada por el Instituto del Bien Común (IBC) para contribuir al ordenamiento territorial y gestión de la Amazonía peruana y al respeto de los derechos territoriales y culturales de las comunidades rurales amazónicas. En la elaboración de este material se empleó tecnología cartográfica de punta y una innovadora metodología participativa de registro de información social, ambiental e histórico-cultural. (Book description from Instituto del Bien Común)
The Sixth Extinction: an unnatural history by ISBN: 0805092994Publication Date: 2014Provides a moving account of the disappearances occurring all around us and traces the evolution of extinction as concept, from its first articulation by Georges Cuvier in revolutionary Paris up through the present day. The sixth extinction is likely to be mankind’s most lasting legacy, compelling us to rethink the fundamental question of what it means to be human.
Books by Peruvian historian María Rostworowski
History of the Inca Realm by Publication Date: 1998Subjects: Incas.
Indians of South America --Andes Region --History.
Doña Francisca Pizarro : una ilustre mestiza, 1534-1598 by Publication Date: 1989Subjects: Pizarro family.
Peru --History --1548-1820 --Biography.
Historia del Tahuantinsuyu by Publication Date: 1988Subjects: Incas.
Indians of South America --Andes Region --History.- Conflicts over Coca Fields in 16th-Century Peru byPublication Date: 1988
- Organización económica en los Andes byPublication Date: 1989
- Recursos naturales renovables y pesca, siglos XVI y XVII byPublication Date: 1981
- Señoríos indígenas de Lima y Canta byPublication Date: 1978
- Pesos y medidas en el Perú pre-hispánico byPublication Date: 1960
- Arqueología, antropología e historia en los Andes : homenaje a María Rostworowski byPublication Date: 1997
Nudos como estrellas
Nudos como Estrellas: ABC de la imaginación ecológica en nuestras Américas, by Roberto Forns Broggi. (Libro 2012.)
Trailer del libro que inaugura la colección Periscopio de la Editorial Nido de Cuervos que dirige Renato Sandoval. Prosa espontánea, comentario de texto, apasionado intento de verlo todo desde la sensibilidad poética, aforismos, poesía, filosofía ambiental, pronunciamiento por la justicia, proyectos, reconsideraciones, preguntas, reflexiones..."Nudos como estrellas: ABC de la imaginación ecológica" de Roberto Forns-Broggi es una clave de unión de energías milenarias y potencialidades creativas.
Books in English about Peru - available at KU Libraries
One River : explorations and discoveries in the Amazon rain forest by Publication Date: 1996Ethnobotany. Medicinal plants.
Spanish version also available: El río : exploraciones y descubrimientos en la selva Amazónica at KU Libraries
Manu : the biodiversity of southeastern Peru = la biodiversidad del sureste del Perú by Publication Date: 1996
The journals of Hipólito Ruiz, Spanish botanist in Peru and Chile, 1777-1788 by Publication Date: 1998
Museum Exhibitions
Peru: Kingdoms of the Sun and the Moon by Publication Date: 2013
Selvas Tropicales - Tropical Rainforests
Selvas Tropicales by Publication Date: 2013Selvas Tropicales presenta una descripción sobre las selvas tropicales, por qué son importantes y qué les está sucediendo. El libro es adecuado para niños a partir de 10 años, jóvenes y adultos.
Historical Chronicler, El Inca Garcilaso de la Vega
- THE ROYAL COMMENTARIES OF PERU, IN TWO PARTS. byComentarios reales de los Incas. English
Title: The royal commentaries of Peru, in two parts [electronic resource] : the first part, treating of the original of their Incas or kings, of their idolatry, of their laws and government both in peace and war, of the reigns and conquests of the Incas, with many other particulars relating to their empire and policies before such time as the Spaniards invaded their countries : the second part, describing the manner by which that new world was conquered by the Spaniards : also the civil wars between the Piçarrists and the Almagrians, occasioned by quarrels arising about the division of that land, of the rise and fall of rebels, and other particulars contained in that history : illustrated with sculptures / written originally in Spanish by the Inca Garcilaso de la Vega ; and rendered into English by Sir Paul Rycaut, Kt. - When Worlds Collide byGarcilaso de la Vega