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Ecuadorian Society: Social Class in Ecuador, Conaie, Religion in Ecuador, Sarayaku, Prostitution in Ecuador, Domestic Violence in Ecuador
Paperback. Books LLC 2010-09-15.
ISBN 9781157242130
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Chapters: Social Class in Ecuador, Conaie, Religion in Ecuador, Sarayaku, Prostitution in Ecuador, Domestic Violence in Ecuador, Public Holidays in Ecuador, Premio Eugenio Espejo, Confeniae, Health in Ecuador, Tetete People. Source: Wikipedia. Pages: 49. Not illustrated. Free updates online. Purchase includes a free trial membership in the publisher's book club where you can select from more than a million books without charge. Excerpt: Ecuador's elite includes Sierra latifundistas (large landowners), Costa agro-exporters, financiers, and industrialists. Commercial and industrial interests overlap with those of agriculture, as families in finance and industry often maintain at least a token interest in agriculture. Indeed, the purchase of land with the profits of commerce has long been considered a critical step in improving a family's standing. In addition to this overlap, there are strong intragroup ties among the elite; kinship and marriage contribute to cohesion. Newly rich families try to turn their economic success into social capital by marrying into older, established families. Historically, the basis of class in Ecuador lay in the control of land and the labor of those who lived on it. The Spanish conquistadors found the region devoid of valuable minerals and the ready wealth mining provided, so the combination of land and Indians welded together in vast haciendas formed the basis of the colonial economy. The few who held land constituted a rural oligarchy. The rest of society depended on this pivotal group, in varying degrees, for livelihood, political participation, and social identity. Hacienda owners spent much of their time in their urban residences; cities existed principally to serve their wants. The small, ill-defined middle levels of urban professionals found employment serving the commercial and administrative needs of the hacienda. Artisans likewise produced mainly for hacendados. The hacienda with its ...More: http://booksllc.net/?id=24760281
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