Indigenous Revolution in Ecuador and Bolivia (Review)
Paige, Jeffery M. Indigenous Revolution in Ecuador and Bolivia, 1990-2005. Tucson: The University of Arizona Press, 2020.… Read More Indigenous Revolution in Ecuador and Bolivia (Review)
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Land Reform, Historical Consciousness and Indigenous Activism in Late Twentieth-Century Ecuador (Review)
Huarcaya, Sergio Miguel. “Land Reform, Historical Consciousness and Indigenous Activism in Late Twentieth-Century Ecuador.” Journal of Latin American Studies 50, no. 02 (May 2018): 411–40.… Read More Land Reform, Historical Consciousness and Indigenous Activism in Late Twentieth-Century Ecuador (Review)
The FBI in Latin America: The Ecuador Files (Review)
Becker, Marc. The FBI in Latin America: The Ecuador Files. Radical Perspectives : A Radical History Review Book Series. Durham ; London: Duke University Press, 2017.… Read More The FBI in Latin America: The Ecuador Files (Review)
Revoluciones que no fueron: ¿arte o política? : Daniel Noemi
Citation Noemi Voionmaa, Daniel. Revoluciones que no fueron: ¿arte o política? ; más allá de realismos y vanguardias en América Latina ; Ecuador y Chile, 1924-1938. 1a edición. Ensayo. Santiago: Editorial Cuarto Propio, 2013.
The Limits of ‘Indigenismo’ in Ecuador: Becker
Citation Becker, Marc. “The Limits of ‘Indigenismo’ in Ecuador.” Latin American Perspectives 39, no. 5 (2012): 45–62.
Long Live Atahualpa: Emma Cervone
Citation Cervone, Emma. Long Live Atahualpa : Indigenous Politics, Justice, and Democracy in the Northern Andes. Durham: Duke University Press, 2012.
El Ecuador en la Historia: Jorge Nunez
El Ecuador en la Historia, by Jorge Nunez Sanchez, is a survey of national history from the pre-Columbian period to the modern nation-state, focusing more heavily on the twentieth century. The book sheds light on early indigenous protests of colonial rule, labor organization, and liberal reforms in the early twentieth century, as well as the… Read More El Ecuador en la Historia: Jorge Nunez
Mining for the Nation: Jody Pavilack
When Chile granted literate men over the age of 21 the right to vote in 1925, a new era marked by the rise of mass society had begun.[1] Similar to processes unfolding around the world, the enfranchisement of progressively-larger swaths of Chile’s population in the early-twentieth century upended traditional politics and undermined the economic status… Read More Mining for the Nation: Jody Pavilack
Ugly Stories of the Peruvian Agrarian Reform (Review)
Enrique Mayer’s Ugly Stories of Peruvian Agrarian Reform, a “people-oriented kind of oral history,” provides a memory study of the 1969 land reforms enacted by Peruvian President Juan Velasco Alvarado. Written from the perspective of historical stakeholders and incorporating Mayer’s lifelong participation in the reforms as an academic observer, he weaves a series of testimonies into a larger narrative chronicling this period of “revolutionary reforms gone astray.” … Read More Ugly Stories of the Peruvian Agrarian Reform (Review)
Fighting Like a Community: Andean Civil Society in an Era of Indian Uprisings: Colloredo-Mansfeld
Citation Colloredo-Mansfeld, Rudi. Fighting Like a Community: Andean Civil Society in an Era of Indian Uprisings. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 2009.
The Many Meanings of Poverty: Colonialism, Social Compacts, and Assistance in Eighteenth-Century Ecuador: Milton
Citation Milton, Cynthia E. The Many Meanings of Poverty: Colonialism, Social Compacts, and Assistance in Eighteenth-Century Ecuador. Stanford, Calif: Stanford University Press, 2007.
Indians and Leftists in the Making of Ecuador’s Modern Indigenous Movements: Becker
Citation Becker, Marc. Indians and Leftists in the Making of Ecuador’s Modern Indigenous Movements. Durham: Duke University Press, 2008.
La Insurrección de Abril No Fue Sólo Una Fiesta: Gallegos
Citation Gallegos, Franklin R. La Insurrección de Abril No Fue Sólo Una Fiesta. Quito: Taller El Colectivo, 2005.
Making Ecuadorian Histories: Four Centuries of Defining Power: Benavides
Citation Benavides, O. Hugo. Making Ecuadorian Histories: Four Centuries of Defining Power. 1st ed. Austin: University of Texas Press, 2004.
Indigenous Communists and Urban Intellectuals in Cayambe, Ecuador (1926-1944): Becker
Citation Becker, Marc. “Indigenous Communists and Urban Intellectuals in Cayambe, Ecuador (1926-1944).” International Review of Social History, Supplement 12, no. 49 (2004): 41-64.
In the Shadows of State and Capital: The United Fruit Company, Popular Struggle, and Agrarian Restructuring in Ecuador, 1900-1995: Striffler
Citation Striffler, Steve. In the Shadows of State and Capital: The United Fruit Company, Popular Struggle, and Agrarian Restructuring in Ecuador, 1900-1995. Durham, NC: Duke University Press, 2002.
Reencountering Development: Livelihood Transitions and Place Transformations in the Andes: Bebbington
Citation Bebbington, Anthony. “Reencountering Development: Livelihood Transitions and Place Transformations in the Andes.” Annals of the Association of American Geographers 90, no. 3 (2000): 495–520.
Doña María′s Story: Daniel James
Imagine you have thirty hours of interviews, nine months of work, more than seven decades of oral history from a privileged witness to the rise of Peronism and the Argentine labor movement…and then you start reading postmodern theory (125). Was it all a waste of time, you ask? This is Daniel James’s dilemma after recording… Read More Doña María′s Story: Daniel James
Quito y la crisis de la Alcabala (1580-1600): Lavallé
Citation Lavallé, Bernard. Quito y la crisis de la Alcabala (1580-1600). 2. ed. Biblioteca de historia ecuatoriana 16. Quito: Corporación Editora Nacional, 1997.
The People of Quito, 1690-1810: Change and Unrest in the Underclass: Minchom
Citation Minchom, Martin. The People of Quito, 1690-1810: Change and Unrest in the Underclass. Dellplain Latin American Studies, no. 32. Boulder: Westview Press, 1994.
Agrarian Protest and the Indian Movement in the Ecuadorian Highlands: Zamosc
Citation Zamosc, Leon. “Agrarian Protest and the Indian Movement in the Ecuadorian Highlands.” Latin American Reserarch Review 29, no. 3 (1994): 37-68.
Peasant Struggles and Agrarian Reform: The Ecuadorian Sierra and the Colombian Atlantic Coast in Comparative Perspective: Zamosc
Citation Zamosc, Léon. Peasant Struggles and Agrarian Reform: The Ecuadorian Sierra and the Colombian Atlantic Coast in Comparative Perspective. Latin American Issues. Published jointly by Allegheny College and the Dept. of History of the University of Akron, 1989.
El Partido Socialista Ecuatoriano en la Historia: Ayala
Citation Ayala Mora, Enrique. El Partido Socialista Ecuatoriano en la historia. Quito: Ediciones La Tierra, 1988.
Oppressed But Not Defeated: Silvia Rivera Cusicanqui
Silvia Rivera Cusicanqui’s Oppressed but Not Defeated, on the struggles of Aymara and Quechua peasants in the highlands and western valleys of the Bolivian Andes, focuses on the creation of peasant unions after the 1952 revolution by the Movimiento Nacionalista Revolucionario. Her book is a concise collection of essays written in collaboration with Bolivian peasant… Read More Oppressed But Not Defeated: Silvia Rivera Cusicanqui
Jesus Gualavisí y las luchas indígenas en el Ecuador: Osvaldo Albornoz
Citation Albornoz Peralta, Osvaldo. “Jesus Gualavisí y las luchas indígenas en el Ecuador.” In Los comunistas en la historia nacional, ed. Domingo paredes, 155-88. Guayaquil: Editorial Claridad S.A., 1987.
The Social Organization of Property and Work: Wendy Weiss
Citation Weiss, Wendy A. “The Social Organization of Property and Work: A Study of Migrants from the Rural Ecuadorian Sierra.” American Ethnologist 12, no. 3 (1985): 468–88.
Haciendas, Capital y Lucha de Clases Andina: Andrés Guerrero
Citation Guerrero, Andrés. Haciendas, capital y lucha de clases andina: Disolución de la hacienda serrana y lucha política en los años 1960-1964, 2nd ed. Quito: Editorial El Conejo, 1984 [1983].
Historia del Movimiento Obrero Ecuatoriano: Osvaldo Albornoz
Citation Albornoz Peralta, Osvaldo. Historia del movimiento obrero ecuatoriano: Breve síntesis. Quito: Editorial Letra Nueva, 1983.
El 15 de noviembre de 1922 y la fundación del socialismo: Manuel Donoso
Citation Donoso Armas, Manuel et al. El 15 de noviembre de 1922 y la fundación del socialismo: Relatados por sus protagonistas, 2 vols. Quito: Corporación Editora Nacional-INFOC, 1982.
Slave over Master in Colonial Colombia and Ecuador: David Chandler
David Chandler’s “Slave Over Master in Colonial Colombia and Ecuador” (1982) looks at the development of the institution of slavery and the legal rights of enslaved Africans in the colonial Andes. Chandler argues that slavery as it was practiced in relatively peripheral parts of the Spanish Americas, like Colombia and Ecuador, was different than in… Read More Slave over Master in Colonial Colombia and Ecuador: David Chandler
The Lingering Death of Indian Tribute in Ecuador: Mark Van Aken
Citation Van Aken, Mark. “The Lingering Death of Indian Tribute in Ecuador.” The Hispanic American Historical Review 61, no. 3 (1981): 429–59.
Sublevaciones Indigenas en la Audiencia de Quito: Segundo Moreno
Segundo Moreno Yánez’s Sublevaciones Indigenas En La Audiencia de Quito. Desde Comienzos Del Siglo XVIII Hasta Finales de La Colonia (1977) looks at ten riots, protests and other tumultos in colonial Quito between 1760 and 1803. Moreno argues that conflicts over labor and a lack of trust between Andean communities and the colony’s Creole elite… Read More Sublevaciones Indigenas en la Audiencia de Quito: Segundo Moreno
Conquest and Agrarian Change: Robert Keith
Robert Keith’s 1976 Conquest and Agrarian Change: The Emergence of the Hacienda System on the Peruvian Coast, explored the rise of Spanish plantations in seven valleys along Peru’s southern coast in the second half of the sixteenth century. Keith emphasized the legacy of pre-Colombian societies in the development of the hacienda, arguing that in addition… Read More Conquest and Agrarian Change: Robert Keith
