Highland Indians and the state in modern Ecuador / edited by A. Kim Clark and Marc Becker.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Clark, A. Kim, 1964-

Becker, Marc (Professor of history)

Series:

Pitt Latin American series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Indians of South America--Ecuador--Sierra--History.

Indians of South America.

Indians, Treatment of--Ecuador--Sierra--History.

Indians, Treatment of.

Indians of South America--Ecuador--Sierra--Government relations.

History.

Sierra (Ecuador)--Politics and government.

Sierra (Ecuador).

Sierra (Ecuador)--Race relations.

Ecuador--Sierra.

Physical Description:

x, 348 pages : illustrations, map. ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Pittsburgh, PA : University of Pittsburgh Press, [2007]

Summary:

Chronicles the changing forms of indigenous engagement with the Ecuadorian state since the early nineteenth century that grew into the strongest unified indigenous movement in Latin America. Nine case studies examine how indigenous peoples have attempted to claim control over state formation in order to improve their position in society. It concludes with four comparative essays that place indigenous organizational strategies in Ecuador within a larger Latin American historical context.

Contents:

Indigenous peoples and state formation in modern Ecuador / A. Kim Clark and Marc Becker

Indígena o ciudadano? : republican laws and highland Indian communities in Ecuador, 1820-1857 / Aleezé Sattar

Administering the Otavalan Indian and centralizing governance in Ecuador, 1851-1875 / Derek Williams

Helpless children or undeserving patriarchs? : gender ideologies, the state, and Indian men in late nineteenth-century Ecuador / Erin O'Connor

Liberalism, indigenismo, and social mobilization in late nineteenth-century Ecuador / Michiel Baud

Shifting paternalisms in Indian-state relations, 1895-1950 / A. Kim Clark

State building and ethnic discourse in Ecuador's 1944-1945 Asamblea Constituyente / Marc Becker

Indigenous communities, landlords, and the state : land and labor in highland Ecuador, 1950-1975 / William F. Waters

Contesting membership : citizenship, pluriculturalism(s), and the contemporary indigenous movement / Amalia Pallares

Sons of Indians and Indian sons : military service, familial metaphors, and multicultural nationalism / Brian R. Selmeski

Same state, different histories, diverse strategies : the Ecuadorian Amazon / Juliet R. Erazo

From indigenismo to indigenous movements in Ecuador and Mexico / Shannan L. Mattiace

Barricades and articulations : comparing Ecuadorian and Bolivian indigenous politics / José Antonio Lucero

In the shadows of success : indigenous politics in Peru and Ecuador / José Antonio Lucero and María Elena García.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 305-333) and index.

ISBN:

9780822943365

0822943360

OCLC:

123485425

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