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Ecuador's national experience from independence to 1912 is traced in English for the first time in this compelling, fascinating history.

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Spindler's survey contributes to the historiography of Ecuador as the first book-length study in English describing that nation's 19th-century political evolution. Such earlier works as Albert B. Franklin's Ecuador: Portrait of a People (1943) and Lilo Linke's Ecuador, Country of Contrasts (1954), which only sketch Ecuador's complex 19th-century development, demonstrate the paucity of historical literature available in English. George I. Blanksten's standard work, Ecuador: Constitutions and Caudillos (1951), focuses on 20th-century political parties and trends, and David Zook's Zarumilla-Mara~n;on: The Ecuador-Peru Dispute (1964) analyzes postindependence boundary issues. Spindler bases his comprehensive study on archival investigations in Ecuador, Colombia, and the US, as well as on major Ecuadorian printed sources and secondary works. Although including treatment of Ecuador's struggle to preserve its national identity, Spindler emphasizes the intense conflicts between liberals and conservatives revolving around ecclesiastical and economic development issues. Illustrations, thorough documentation, and a select bibliography are important features. Upper-division undergraduates and above.-J.A. Gagliano, Loyola University of Chicago