02831nam 2200601Ia 450 991081276070332120230207232534.01-282-61103-897866126110321-56833-263-7(CKB)2560000000016316(EBL)616350(OCoLC)665828186(SSID)ssj0000425748(PQKBManifestationID)11291123(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000425748(PQKBWorkID)10368485(PQKB)10148243(MiAaPQ)EBC616350(Au-PeEL)EBL616350(CaPaEBR)ebr10437328(CaONFJC)MIL261103(EXLCZ)99256000000001631620090720d2010 uy 0engurcn|||||||||txtccrPortrait of a nation[electronic resource] culture and progress in Ecuador /Osvaldo Hurtado ; translated by Barbara Sipe[English-language ed.].Lanham Madison Books Distributed by National Book Networkc20101 online resource (1 p.)Edition statement from foreword.1-56833-262-9 Includes bibliographical references.CONTENTS; FOREWORD TO THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE EDITION; ACKNOWLEDGMENTS; INTRODUCTION; Ch01. CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS OF THE AUDIENCIA OF QUITO; Ch02. CULTURAL VALUES IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY; Ch03. CULTURAL CHANGES IN THE FIRST HALF OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY; Ch04. CULTURAL CHANGES IN THE SECOND HALF OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY; Ch05. IN PURSUIT OF ECONOMIC SUCCESS; FINAL REFLECTIONS; NOTES; GLOSSARY; BIBLIOGRAPHY; ABOUT THE AUTHORA case study of why Third World countries are still poor, the premise of this book is that while some progress has been made in transforming the political economy of Ecuador, certain behaviors, beliefs and attitudes have kept the country from developing in ways that otherwise would have been possible. As the author asserts, for almost five centuries the cultural habits of Ecuadorian citizens have constituted a stumbling block for individual economic success. Still, he concludes, people's cultural values are not immutable: inconvenient customs can be changed or influenced by the economic successSocial changeEcuadorHistoryEcuadorCivilizationEcuadorSocial life and customsQuito (Audiencia)HistorySocial changeHistory.306.09866Hurtado Osvaldo821542Sipe Barbara1614592MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910812760703321Portrait of a nation3944450UNINA