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Indians and Leftists in the Making of Ecuador's Modern Indigenous Movements

Indians and Leftists in the Making of Ecuador's Modern Indigenous Movements

Becker, Marc

Paperback

Series: Latin America Otherwise

Native American HistoryGeneral Political ScienceSouth American History

ISBN10: 0822342790
ISBN13: 9780822342793
Publisher: Duke Univ Pr
Published: Aug 18 2008
Pages: 336
Weight: 1.00
Height: 0.90 Width: 6.00 Depth: 8.90
Language: English
In June 1990, Indigenous peoples shocked Ecuadorian elites with a powerful uprising that paralyzed the country for a week. Militants insisted that the government address Indigenous demands for land ownership, education, and economic development. This uprising was a milestone in the history of Ecuador's social justice movements, and it inspired popular organizing efforts across Latin America. While the insurrection seemed to come out of nowhere, Marc Becker demonstrates that it emerged out of years of organizing and developing strategies to advance Indigenous rights. In this richly documented account, he chronicles a long history of Indigenous political activism in Ecuador, from the creation of the first local agricultural syndicates in the 1920s through the galvanizing protests of 1990. In so doing, he reveals the central role of women in Indigenous movements and the history of productive collaborations between rural Indigenous activists and urban leftist intellectuals.

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