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"Interviews with leading politicians and political figures including ex-presidents, former generals, and former guerrillas; and with leaders of the Church, indigenous movements, and other key areas of national life. Interviews originally broadcast on television during Rodrigo Borja's 1988-92 presidential term"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57.

La publicación del Acta manuscrita de la proclamación de la Independencia de Quito el 10 de Agosto de 1809, la primera en toda la América española, considerada piedra angular de la independencia ecuatoriana y partida de nacimiento de la patria a la vida republicana, constituye la recupersción de un fragmento histórico de la identidad institucional del Ecuador.

Se ofrece información inédita y una rigurosa investigación que busca contextualizar los antecedentes a la fundación del Partido Socialista Ecuatoriano y mostrar los hechos más relevantes de sus dos primeras décadas.

"Carefully documented study investigates significance of mestizo identity. Author defines it as a process of Hispanic acculturation enriched with a Quichua cultural core that determines its unique final form, rather than as a rejection of indigenous identification (p. 53). Racial and cultural elements are considered separately"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57.