Short book for tourists about Lima society (5)
I believe the answer is:
guild
'society' is the definition.
(synonyms)
'short book for tourists about lima' is the wordplay.
'short' means to remove the last letter.
'book for tourists' becomes 'guide' (I've seen this before).
'about' is an insertion indicator.
'lima' becomes 'L' (phonetic alphabet: alpha, bravo, charlie etc.).
'guide' with its last letter removed is 'guid'.
'guid' going around 'l' is 'GUILD'.
(Other definitions for guild that I've seen before include "Medieval association of merchants" , "Association of those with similar interests" , "Crafstmen's association" , "The Townswomen's - -" , "brotherhood" .)