{"product_id":"the-life-and-times-of-grandfather-alonso-culture-and-history-in-the-upper-amazon-9780813516851","title":"The Life and Times of Grandfather Alonso  Culture and History in the Upper Amazon","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduces 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eList of Illustrations\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e 1. The Forest Travelers\u003cbr\u003e 2. Ethnicity, Language, Culture\u003cbr\u003e 3. Family and Youth\u003cbr\u003e 4. The Forest and the River\u003cbr\u003e 5. The State, Missionaries, and Native Consciousness, 1767-1896\u003cbr\u003e 6. Christianity and the Missions\u003cbr\u003e 7. Liberalism and Rubber: The Early Twentieth Century in the Oriente\u003cbr\u003e 8. The Days of the Varas, the Apu, and the Patrons\u003cbr\u003e 9. The Company and the Auca\u003cbr\u003e 10. Gold, Oil, and Cattle: The Twentieth Century in Tena-Archidona\u003cbr\u003e 11. My Friends the Yachaj\u003cbr\u003e 12. Dreams and Death\u003cbr\u003e Reflections\u003cbr\u003e 14. The Cultural Bases of Resistance\u003cbr\u003e Epilogue\u003cbr\u003e Appendix 1\u003cbr\u003e Appendix 2\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Glossary\u003cbr\u003e References\u003cbr\u003e Index","brand":"MW - Rutgers University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51768150425943,"sku":"9780813516851","price":27.9,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780813516851.jpg?v=1758716577","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/the-life-and-times-of-grandfather-alonso-culture-and-history-in-the-upper-amazon-9780813516851","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}