| Like most authors, I have accumulated many different kinds of debts in the process of researching and writing this book. Some are difficult to specify, given the many conversations I have had, over time, with friends and colleagues in Ecuador and elsewhere about Ecuadorian history and society and about social analysis in general. A list of everyone who has influenced my thinking on these issues would be too long to publish, but I do thank them all. My debts to others are more specific to this book, and I would like to thank those individuals by name. First, I am grateful to the people who facilitated my access to archives in Ecuador. At the Biblioteca Aurelio Espinosa Plit in Cotocollao, I thank Father Julin Bravo, S.J. (director of the BAEP), the staff of the archive, and especially Wilson Vega Vega. I thank the curator of the Archivo Histrico del Banco Central (Quito), Ramiro Avila, and the curator of the photography archive at the Banco Central, Cosme Vsquez. I am also grateful to the Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales, which provided me with institutional affiliation during my research, and to the former director of the Quito campus, Amparo Menndez-Carrin. |
| In Alaus, my debts are more extensive. In the Jefatura Poltica, I thank the former Jefe Poltico, Manuel Orellana, and, for their assistance and companionship, Giomar Ribadeneira and Marlene Cabezas. In the Concejo Municipal, I thank the former Municipal President, Milton Lpez, the Vice President, Jesus Camaero, and the Municipal Secretary, Galo Quisataxi, and I extend special thanks to the Municipal Librarian, Olga Meja. I would also like to thank Patricia de Robalino, who allowed me access to her notarial archives. Other people in Alaus facilitated my work in less direct ways. I am especially grateful to my landlords, Luis Barragn and Aida Cuesta, and to my neighbors Margarita Ribadeneira, Kepler Cuesta, and their children, Carlos, Francisco, and, especially, Mercedes, who gave up part of her summer vacation to help me transcribe documents. |
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