On the wings of time : Rome, the Incas, Spain, and Peru / Sabine MacCormack.

Princeton : Princeton University Press, [2007], ©2007.

xix, 320 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Universals and particulars : themes and persons -- Writing and the pursuit of origins -- Conquest, civil war, and political life -- The emergence of patria : cities and the law -- Works of nature and works of free will -- "The discourse of my life" : what language can do -- The Incas, Rome, and Peru -- Epilogue: Ancient texts : prophecies and predictions, causes and judgments.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [275]-310) and index.

Electronic text and image data. Ann Arbor, Mich. : University of Michigan, Michigan Publishing, 2009. Includes both TIFF files and keyword searchable text. ([ACLS Humanities E-Book]) Mode of access: Intranet.