Portrait of a Nation: Culture and Progress in Ecuador
by Osvaldo Hurtado
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- Paperback
- Condition
- Like New
- ISBN 10
- 1568332629
- ISBN 13
- 9781568332628
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About This Item
2010 black hardcover with photo DJ in like new condition; slight wear to covers, no marks inside. US media mail for shipping.
The premise of this book is that while some progress has been made in transforming the political economy of Ecuador, certain behaviors, beliefs and attitudes have kept the country from developing in ways that otherwise would have been possible. As the author asserts, for almost five centuries the cultural habits of Ecuadorian citizens have constituted a stumbling block for individual economic success. Still, he concludes, people's cultural values are not immutable: inconvenient customs can be changed or influenced by the economic success of immigrants. This is the challenge that Ecuador faces in the twenty-first century.
The premise of this book is that while some progress has been made in transforming the political economy of Ecuador, certain behaviors, beliefs and attitudes have kept the country from developing in ways that otherwise would have been possible. As the author asserts, for almost five centuries the cultural habits of Ecuadorian citizens have constituted a stumbling block for individual economic success. Still, he concludes, people's cultural values are not immutable: inconvenient customs can be changed or influenced by the economic success of immigrants. This is the challenge that Ecuador faces in the twenty-first century.
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Includes bibliographical references.
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- Bookseller
- Poco Productions (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 9403lat
- Title
- Portrait of a Nation: Culture and Progress in Ecuador
- Author
- Osvaldo Hurtado
- Format/Binding
- Excellent Binding
- Book Condition
- New
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Paperback
- ISBN 10
- 1568332629
- ISBN 13
- 9781568332628
- Publisher
- Madison Books
- Date Published
- 2010
- Keywords
- Portrait of a Nation: Culture and Progress in Ecuador
- Bookseller catalogs
- History - Latin America;
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