?The wellspring of critical analysis in this book emerges from the major Indigenous Uprising of 1990 and its ongoing aftermath in which indigenous and Afro-Ecuadorian action transformed the nation-sta
Drawn from the authors' work over the last twenty years with indigenous populations of Ecuador and catalyzed by the uprising of 1990, this volume takes a multidisciplinary approach to the history of E
Calling their effort an ethnography of empowerment, Norman (emeritus anthropology) and Dorothea (Latin American and Caribbean studies, both U. of Illinois-Urbana-Champaign) present a series of essays