Millennial Ecuador: Critical Essays Cultural Transformations (Volume 1) Paperback – December 1, 2003

This welcome collection brings together research by anthropologists, historians, and indigenouos scholars who offer a comprehensive overview of the social and political dynamics of contemporary Ecuador. Contributors document practices of Andean, Amazonian, and Afro-Ecuadorian peoples as they struggle to address pressing issues in their personal lives. Whitten puts papers in context by providing a preface, a thorough introduction, and an epilogue updating the Ecuadorian political situation to 2003. The editor also provides a glossary and a useful appendix containing background information on Ecuador. Chapters by Rachel Corr, William T. Vickers, Michael A. Uzendoski, and Diego Quiroga are outstanding. Recommended. Stephen D. Glazier, University of Nebraska