The History of Ecuador

by George M. Lauderbaugh

Overview

This handbook provides an unmatched, comprehensive political history of Ecuador written in English.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780313362514
Publisher:	ABC-CLIO, Incorporated
Publication date:	02/25/2012
Series:	The Greenwood Histories of the Modern Nations
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	189
File size:	3 MB

About the Author

Frank W. Thackeray is a professor emeritus of history at Indiana University Southeast in New Albany, Indiana, USA. With John E. Findling, he is an editor for the Greenwood Histories of the Modern Nations series.

John E. Findling is a professor emeritus of history at Indiana University Southeast in New Albany, Indiana, USA. With Frank W. Thackeray, he is an editor for the Greenwood Histories of the Modern Nations series.

Table of Contents

Series Foreword
Preface
Timeline of Historical Events
1 Ecuador Today
2 Ecuador's Indigenous and Colonial Past
3 Independence and the Early Republic, 1795–1859
4 Conservative Modernization, 1860–95
5 The Liberal Revolution
6 Revolution, Reform, Chaos, and War, 1925–48
7 Ecuador, 1948–72: Bananas, Democracy, Populism, and Juntas
8 The Oil Boom, Military Reformers, and a Second Democratic Parenthesis, 1972–96
9 Populism, Political Instability, and the Citizen's Revolution
Notable People in the History of Ecuador
Selected Bibliography
Index