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The religious texts written by Sr. Getrudes de San Ildefonso, Carmelite nun, born in Quito, were transcribed by her spiritual father and confessor, Martín de la Cruz, who, with theological commentary, increased the nun's devout pages until generating 2,000 pages in three volumes of prose and 39 illustrations: the manuscript entitled: "The pearl mystica, hidden in the shell of humility" (1700-1718). Catalina Andrango-Walker, Carmen Fernández-Salvador, Regina Harrison and Alison Weber analyze this work in order to expose the richness of the manuscript: the confessor-nun relationship, the...

En el presente trabajo se analiza la resistencia campesino-indigena en la Provincia de Cuenca, durante el perfodo comprendido entre 1850 y 1875. Se estudia las modalidades por medio de las cuales el campesino-indigena manifiesta su descontento.

"Analyzes political rise of Abdalá Bucarám Ortiz within the long tradition of Ecuadorian populism pioneered by Velasco Ibarra. Insightful discussions of Bucaram's campaign, political alliances, speeches, style, and political enemies. Concludes with discussion of 'new' populism in Ecuador. Essential analysis for understanding subsequent events that led to Bucarám's fall a year after this work was published"--Handbook of Latin American Studies, v. 57.

Se analiza el nivel político alcanzado por las masas populares, la demanda por cambios radicales en la institucionalidad del Estado, el rechazo al sistema de dominación y a los partidos burgueses tradicionales, etc.