| Description |
1 online resource (207 pages) |
| Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Series Page; ABOUT THE BOOK AND AUTHOR; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Tables and Illustrations; Foreword; Preface; 1 Introduction; Region, People, and Economy; The Political Landscape; Notes; 2 Spanish Conquest and the Making of the Republic; The Conquest; The Colonial Era; Independence; Gabriel García Moreno and the Triumph of Conservatism (1860-1875); The Active State; Notes; 3 Exports and Politics: From Cacao to Bananas; The Cacao Boom; Liberal Politics; The Liberal State; Military Intervention and Economic Stagnation; The Interregnum; The Banana Boom |
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The Politics of ProsperityNotes; 4 The Politics of Limited Participation: Populist Experiments and the Role of the Military; Political Participation; Ecuadorian Populism; Reformist Initiatives: The 1963 Military Junta; On the Eve of the Petroleum Era: The Fifth Velasquista; A Comparative Perspective; Notes; 5 Black Gold: The Petroleum Boom; Exploration and Discovery; Economic and Social Change; Notes; 6 The Military Returns to Power; Military Reform Revisited: The Rodríguez Lara Government; The Retreat from Power: The Military Triumvirate; The Return to Democracy; Notes |
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7 Democratic Politics and Economic AusterityA Legacy for Reform; Democratic Politics, Part I: Jaime Roldós; Democratic Politics, Part II: Osvaldo Hurtado; Notes; 8 Patterns of Continuity Amidst Change: Prospects for the Future; The 1984 Elections: A Swing to the Right?; Restructuring the Economy: A New Model for Ecuador?; Prospects for the Future; Notes; Glossary and Acronyms; Brief Bibliography of English-Language Books; Index |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Military government -- Ecuador -- History -- 20th century
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Military government
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Ecuador
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780429697944 |
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0429697945 |
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