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Analyzing the political culture of the Andean republics of Peru, Bolivia, and Ecuador and of the United States, Fredrick Pike finds in their relationships deep divergencies in values and goals. Andeans, he shows, have traditionally viewed with suspicion the tenets associated with liberal democracy, secularism, and individualistic capitalism. In a detailed study of Andean politics, economics, social classes, and cultural patterns in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, Pike determines that revolutionary ideology often merely masked the ambitions of aspiring elites anxious to retain the traditional order but wishing to wrest its advantages from incumbent elites. He shows the appeal of Marxism and of recent external-domination, internal-dependency theories, as well as the basic conservatism of land-reform programs and approaches to the "Indian problem."

Pike also speculates on whether an "iron law of dependency" is involved in Andean relations with the United States. He discusses the role of multinational corporations and the increasing "privatization of dependency." In the emerging postmodern era, Pike suggests, the values of Western-style modernity are even less viable in Andean America and indeed may not be able to survive in the United States.

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Dieses Buch entspricht dem Wunsch, einem breiten Forscherkreis verschiedener Wissenschaftsdisziplinen, Hochgebirgsforschern, Bergsteigern und aufmerksamen Touristen in den tropischen Hochgebirgen Ecuadors eine Anleitung zur Bestimmung der physiognomie-pragenden Flora in die Hand zu geben. Geographen, vegetationskundlich arbeitende Wissenschaftler sowie naturkundlich interessierte Touristen wollen bei ihren Aufenthalten in Lateinamerika auch die faszinierende Pflanzenvielfalt der tropischen Hochgebirge wissenschaftlich durchdringen. In langjahrigen Forschungen zur Landschaftsentwicklung in der Ostkordillere Ecuadors wurden die physiogeographischen Aspekte studiert und die Vegetation im Umfeld des Paramo de Papallacta systematisch bestimmt. Dadurch entstand als Pionierleistung eine erste Systematik der Flora und eine detaillierte Vegetationskarte fur das Gebiet um den Vulkan Antisana (5758 m). In einer fundierten Abhandlung werden die physiogeographischen Phanomene als Grundlage der Florenverbreitung und ihrer Syntaxonomie dargestellt. Aufwendig hergestellte Kartenbeilagen, Farbtafeln und Florenlisten erganzen den Text. "ein wichtiger erster Meilenstein zur Vegetationsgliederung. Eine sehr ausfuhrliche englische Zusammenfassung erschliesst einen weiteren Leserkreis. Dies gilt ebenfalls fur die zahlreichen sehr guten Farbfotos im Anhang, die auch dem allgemeiner interessierten Leser die Vegetation und Flora dieses exotischen Gebietes eindrucksvoll nahebringen." Tuexenia "aeine ausfuhrliche Dokumentation uber den Naturraum des Untersuchungsgebietes, die fur Gebietsinteressenten wie auch Paramo-Spezialisten aufschlussreich ist." Erdkunde . (Franz Steiner 2001) ... Read more

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The societies of Latin America have placed great weight on nation building, yet each one is torn between the global and the local.Affiliation to one's own nation is cross-cut by other bonds with communities and places; increasingly each individual, each family and each nation in this region is feeling the effects of globalization.

ReMaking the Nation presents new ways of thinking about the nation, nationalism and national identities.Drawing links between popular culture and indigenous movements, issues of race and gender, and ideologies of national identity, the authors draw on their extensive work in Latin America to illustrate their rethinking of the politics of nationalism. This engaging exploration of contemporary politics in a post new-world-order uncovers a map of future political organization, a world of pluri-nations in the ever-changing struggle for democracy. ... Read more

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Age 70 and still biking
A fascinating story of a 70 year young grandmother who biked through the Andes in Ecuador. She relates how she teemed up with a taxi driver come guide/body guard to help get her through the mapless wilderness. ... Read more

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This work includes text in Spanish. It is written by members of the Department of Systematic Botany at Aarhus University in collaboration with Departamento de Ciencias Biologicas, Pontificia Universidad Catolica del Ecuador, Quito. ... Read more

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Determining the Figure of the Earth from 3000 BC to the18th Century Lapland and Peruvian Survey Expeditions. Traces thedevelopment of thoughts on size and shape of the earth, observationalinstruments available, mathematical aids of the day, previousdeterminations of size and shape of the earth, and more;illustrations, photographs.Hardcover with dustcover- shrink wrapped ... Read more

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Background and account of the French Academy expeditions
The French Academy of Sciences sent out survey expeditions to Peru and Lapland in 1735/36 to determine the shape of the earth. This book conveys some of the charm of this amusing and interesting episode in the history of science. Now, to determine the shape of the earth by measurements one would of course have to measure the north-south distance between two latitudes. Straightforward measurement is not feasible. One instead triangulates a large area, measures all the angles, and measures one side. This one length then propagates through the grid by elementary trigonometry. Smith focuses the entire book on this perspective, describing the history of trigonometry and measuring instruments and so on. More theoretical treatments of the shape of the earth are treated poorly, if at all. For instance, Newton's important determination of the shape of the earth in the Principia is too hastily summarised, claiming for example that Newton "was able to demonstrate" that the earth must be spheroidal (p. 79), even though there is no such proof in the Principia or elsewhere (cf. prop. XIX-XX, book III, of the Principia). ... Read more

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Atmospheric nitrogen (N) and phosphorus (P) depositions are expected to increase in the tropics as a consequence of increasing human activities in the next decades. Furthermore, a possible shortened El Niño Southern Oscillation cycle might come along with more frequent calcium (Ca) depositions on the eastern slope of the Ecuadorian Andes originating from Saharan dust. It is crucial to understand the response of the old-growth montane forest in Ecuador to increased nutrient deposition to predict the further development of this megadiverse ecosystem. This book describes the effect of experimental additions of N, P, N+P and Ca to the forest and an untreated control. The N, P and Ca concentrations and fluxes of litter leachate, mineral soil solution, throughfall and fine litterfall samples were determined. The results suggest that N, P and Ca co-limit the forest ecosystem functioning in the northern Andean montane forests. ... Read more

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Mit dem vorliegenden Band wird Rechenschaft abgelegt uber vier Jahrzehnte wahrende Forschungen zur aVergleichenden Geookologie der tropischen Hochgebirge der Neuen Welto. Es werden die Ergebnisse aus den nordlichen (Mexiko) und sudlichen (Bolivien) Randtropen mit denen aus den inneren Tropen (Ecuador) vergleichend dargestellt. Zentraler Forschungsschwerpunkt ist dabei die immer noch lebhaft diskutierte Frage der oberen Waldgrenze in den tropischen Gebirgen im Spiegel des menschlichen Wirkens. . ... Read more

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Agua Blancais a commune in Machalilla Parish, PuertoLópez Canton, Manabí Province, Ecuador. It is east ofthe city of Puerto López.The community has a smallchurch and a museum in the center of the village. Thechurch is fantastically painted in bright colours. ... Read more

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Great book!
The book I ordered came in beautiful condition and the service was quick.No problems whatsoever. ... Read more

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This digital document is an article from The Geographical Review, published by American Geographical Society on July 1, 1993. The length of the article is 932 words. The page length shown above is based on a typical 300-word page. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Digital Locker immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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Title: Andean Ecology: Adaptive Dynamics in Ecuador. (book reviews)
Author: Marie Price
Publication: The Geographical Review (Refereed)
Date: July 1, 1993
Publisher: American Geographical Society
Volume: v83Issue: n3Page: p341(3)

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This digital document is a journal article from Applied Geography, published by Elsevier in 2006. The article is delivered in HTML format and is available in your Amazon.com Media Library immediately after purchase. You can view it with any web browser.

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The Cuyabeno Wildlife Production Reserve (Cuyabeno Reserve), located in the northeastern Ecuadorian Amazon, is a special protected area. Using a satellite image time-series, landscape ecology and evolving boundary definitions, shifts in landscape composition are described that focus on the spatial and temporal dynamics of land use and cover change (LUCC) within the vicinity of the Cuyabeno Reserve. Changes in local land tenancy and the implementation of protection buffers have accelerated the process of fragmentation and exacerbated the conflict between development and protection. Further, variations in management strategies and ownership histories confound LUCC patterns, rates, and trajectories. ... Read more

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This work is the first in-depth study of the climate in the Andes of South Ecuador and North Peru. The data sets used are from own measurements, from the national weather stations and NCEP Reanalysis data. A particular feature of this work is the innovative graphical methods of presenting both measured and model data.The Andes of South Ecuador pose a significant, perpendicular barrier to a quasi-permanent easterly mid-level jet stream. Nearly incessant orographic uplift and interception of moisture at the eastern slopes makes the highest ridge of the Andes, the Cordillera Real, a true climate divide that separates (per)humid climates from arid and semiarid climates. The outstanding topographic and climate setup produces a row of surprising weather extremes. Wind speed reaches mean monthly values of up to 15 m/s, mean daily speed of up to 24 m/s and gusts have reached >28 m/s (10 Bft). Advective and wind-enhanced rainfall amounts to >6,000 mm/y in the summit regions. Within 30 km, in the rain shadow, these totals are contrasted by barely 300 mm/y. Very clear skies, cloud radiative effects and the high sun position boost global irradiance to absolute magnitudes of over 1800 W/m2! ... Read more