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Ecuador
Index
Like the 1973 Area Handbook for Ecuador, this study is
an attempt to treat in a compact and objective manner the dominant
social, political, economic, and military aspects of contemporary
Ecuador. Sources of information included scholarly books, journals,
and monographs; official reports of governments and international
organizations; numerous periodicals; and interviews with
individuals having special competence in Ecuadorian and Latin
American affairs. Chapter bibliographies appear at the end of the
book; brief comments on sources recommended for further reading
appear at the end of each chapter. Measurements are given in the
metric system; a conversion table is provided to assist readers
unfamiliar with metric measurements (see
table 1, Appendix). A
glossary is also included.
Although there are numerous variations, Spanish surnames
generally consist of two parts: the patronymic name followed by the
matronymic. In the instance of Rodrigo Borja Cevallos, for example,
Borja is his father's name, Cevallos, his mother's maiden name. In
informal use, the matronymic is often dropped. Thus, after the
first mention, we have usually referred simply to Borja. A minority
of individuals use only the patronymic. For purposes of clarity,
some individuals with common patronymics, such as Gabriel García
Moreno, are referred to with both patronymics and matronymics.
Special rules govern discussion of Galo Plaza Lasso, who is
referred to by Ecuadorian historians and throughout this book as
Galo Plaza to differentiate him from his father, Leónidas Plaza
Gutiérrez.
Data as of 1989
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