Ecuador and the United States : useful strangers / Ronn Pineo.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Pineo, Ronn F., 1954-

Series:

United States and the Americas

The United States and the Americas

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Relations.

Balance of power.

History.

International relations.

United States--Foreign relations--Ecuador.

United States.

Ecuador--Foreign relations--United States.

Ecuador.

Balance of power--History.

United States--Relations--Ecuador.

Ecuador--Relations--United States.

National characteristics, American.

National characteristics, Ecuadorian.

Ecuador--Civilization.

Civilization.

Ecuador--History.

Ecuador--Politics and government.

Politics and government.

Physical Description:

xiii, 260 pages : maps ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Athens : University of Georgia Press, [2007]

Summary:

This history of relations between Ecuador and the United States is a revealing case study of how a small, determined country has exploited its marginal status when dealing with a global superpower. Ranging from Ecuador's struggle for independence in the 1820s and 1830s to the present day, the book examines the misunderstandings, tensions, and-from the U.S. perspective-unintended consequences that have sometimes arisen in relations between the two countries.

Such interactions included U.S. efforts in Ecuador to stem yellow fever, build rail roads, and institute economic reforms. Many of the two countries' exchanges in the twentieth century stemmed from the global disruptions of World War II and the cold war. More recently, Ecuadorian and U.S. interests have been in contest over fishing rights, foreign development of Ecuadorian oil resources, and Ecuador's emergence as a transit country in the drug trade. Ronn Pineo looks at these and other issues within the context of how the United States, usually preoccupied with other concerns, has often disregarded Ecuador's internal race, class, and geographical divisions when the two countries have met on the global stage.

Contents:

From colonies to young republics : independence to the 1850s

Establishing an unsettling relationship : the 1850s to the 1890s

The railroad age : the 1890s to the 1920s

Economic collapse and war : the 1920s to the 1940s

The Cold War in Ecuador : the 1940s to the 1960s

Tuna, oil, and trouble : the 1960s to the 1980s

Democratization and neoliberalism : the 1980s to the present.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 221-243) and index.

ISBN:

9780820329703

0820329703

9780820329710

0820329711

OCLC:

122309046