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The life and times of Grandfather Alonso, culture and history in the upper Amazon

Muratorio, Blanca.

Year: c1991.

Publisher: Rutgers University Press.

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table of contents

Frontmatter

List of Illustrations

Acknowledgments

Introduction

1. The Forest Travelers

2. Ethnicity, Language, Culture

3. Family and Youth

4. The Forest and the River

5. The State, Missionaries, and Native Consciousness, 1767-1896

6. Christianity and the Missions

7. Liberalism and Rubber: The Early Twentieth Century in the Oriente

8. The Days of the Varas, the Apu, and the Patrons

9. The Company and the Auca

10. Gold, Oil, and Cattle: The Twentieth Century in Tena-Archidona

11. My Friends the Yachaj

12. Dreams of Death

13. Reflections

14. The Cultural Bases of Resistance

Epilogue

Appendix 1. Employment Contract of a Rubber Laborer, 1909 (AGN)

Appendix 2. Settlement of Peon's Account, Marking the Articles in Dispute, 1930 (AGN)

Notes

Glossary

References

Index

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Title:

The life and times of Grandfather Alonso, culture and history in the upper Amazon : Blanca Muratorio.

Author:

Muratorio, Blanca

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2008
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The life and times of Grandfather Alonso, culture and history in the upper Amazon : Blanca Muratorio.
Muratorio, Blanca
New Brunswick, N.J.: Rutgers University Press, c1991.

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Subject Headings:

• Andi, Alonso
• Quechua Indians -- Biography
• Quechua Indians -- Social conditions
• Indians of South America -- Ecuador -- Napo (Province) -- Economic conditions
• Quechua Indians -- Economic conditions
• Indians of South America -- Ecuador -- Napo (Province) -- Social conditions

Notes:

• Translation of: Rucuyaya Alonso y la historia social y económica del Alto Napo, 1850-1950.
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