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Introduces readers to Rucuyaya Alonso, an elderly Quichua Indian of the Upper Ecuadorean Amazon. Alonso is a hunter, but like most Quichuas, he has done other work as well, bearing loads, panning gold, tapping rubber trees, and working for Shell Oil. He tells of his work, his hunting, his marriage, his fights, his fears, and his dreams.

Table of Contents
List of Illustrations
Acknowledgments
Introduction
1. The Forest Travelers
2. Ethnicity, Language, Culture
3. Family and Youth
4. The Forest and the River
5. The State, Missionaries, and Native Consciousness, 1767-1896
6. Christianity and the Missions
7. Liberalism and Rubber: The Early Twentieth Century in the Oriente
8. The Days of the Varas, the Apu, and the Patrons
9. The Company and the Auca
10. Gold, Oil, and Cattle: The Twentieth Century in Tena-Archidona
11. My Friends the Yachaj
12. Dreams and Death
Reflections
14. The Cultural Bases of Resistance
Epilogue
Appendix 1
Appendix 2
Notes
Glossary
References
Index

The Life and Times of Grandfather Alonso Culture and History in the Upper Amazon

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      Publisher: MW - Rutgers University Press
      Publication Date: 10/1/1991 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780813516851, 978-0813516851
      ISBN10: 0813516854
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Introduces readers to Rucuyaya Alonso, an elderly Quichua Indian of the Upper Ecuadorean Amazon. Alonso is a hunter, but like most Quichuas, he has done other work as well, bearing loads, panning gold, tapping rubber trees, and working for Shell Oil. He tells of his work, his hunting, his marriage, his fights, his fears, and his dreams.

      Table of Contents
      List of Illustrations
      Acknowledgments
      Introduction
      1. The Forest Travelers
      2. Ethnicity, Language, Culture
      3. Family and Youth
      4. The Forest and the River
      5. The State, Missionaries, and Native Consciousness, 1767-1896
      6. Christianity and the Missions
      7. Liberalism and Rubber: The Early Twentieth Century in the Oriente
      8. The Days of the Varas, the Apu, and the Patrons
      9. The Company and the Auca
      10. Gold, Oil, and Cattle: The Twentieth Century in Tena-Archidona
      11. My Friends the Yachaj
      12. Dreams and Death
      Reflections
      14. The Cultural Bases of Resistance
      Epilogue
      Appendix 1
      Appendix 2
      Notes
      Glossary
      References
      Index

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