The Redemptive Work: Railway and Nation in Ecuador, 1895-1930

Resumen

Chapter 1 Introduction: The Political Economy and Culture of the Ecuadorian Nation and the Guayaquil-Quito Railway Chapter 2 Historical Overview of the Ecuadorian Economy and Geography Chapter 3 The Railway, the Reform of the Nation, and the Discourse of Liberalism Chapter 4 Movement from the Perspective of the Coast: Liberalism, the Railway, and the Labor Market Chapter 5 Movement from the Perspective of the Highlands: The Politics of the Internal Market Chapter 6 The Contradictions of Redemption: The Uneven Development of Alausi Chapter 7 Beyond the Reach of Liberal Discourse Chapter 8 Social Space and the Railway, the Nation, and the Liberal State