Highland Indians and the State in Modern Ecuador

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.

About the author

A. Kim Clark is associate professor of anthropology at the University of Western Ontario. She is the author of The Redemptive Work: Railway and Nation in Ecuador, 1895-1930. Marc Becker is associate professor of history at Truman State University. He is the author of Mariátegui and Latin American Marxist Theory.

Product details

• Assisted by: Marc Becker (Editor), A Kim Clark (Editor), A. Kim Clark (Editor), Kim A. Clark (Editor)
• Publisher: University Of Pittsburgh Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 21.11.2011
• EAN: 9780822961468
• ISBN: 978-0-8229-6146-8
• No. of pages: 360
• Dimensions: 159 mm x 241 mm x 30 mm
• Weight: 573 g
• Series: Pitt Latin American Series; Pitt Latin American Studies; Pitt Latin American Series; Pitt Latin American
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Political science > Political science and political education